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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1996-6-13
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pubmed:abstractText |
A serendipitous discovery during early AIDS investigations was human herpes virus type 6 (HHV-6). Two years later (1988) it was shown that HHV-6 and later on also HHV-7 are the causes of exanthema subitum, a childhood disease with previously unknown causation. HHV-6 and HHV-7 are the main cause of febrile seizures. It is assumed that 90% of children are infected before they are three years old. The viruses are also found in adults; HHV-6 may cause mononucleosis and hepatitis. HHV-6 and HHV-7 infect CD4+ cells and may influence the course of HIV infection. In AIDS patients HHV-6 and cytomegalovirus are often isolated together from the lungs, possibly because they activate each other. Another possibility is that the circumstances in the lungs are favourable to both. HHV-6 and HHV-7 infection may be serologically diagnosed. There is little experience with antiviral treatment.
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pubmed:language |
dut
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jan
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pubmed:issn |
0028-2162
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
20
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pubmed:volume |
140
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
124-8
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Exanthema Subitum,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Herpesviridae Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Herpesvirus 6, Human,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Herpesvirus 7, Human,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:8618628-Prevalence
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pubmed:year |
1996
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pubmed:articleTitle |
[Human herpes viruses type 6 and 7; causative agents of, among others, exanthema subitum].
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pubmed:affiliation |
Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Medische Microbiologie, Nijmegen.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
English Abstract,
Review
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