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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-6-13
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.
pubmed:language
dut
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0028-2162
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
140
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
124-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Human herpes viruses type 6 and 7; causative agents of, among others, exanthema subitum].
pubmed:affiliation
Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Medische Microbiologie, Nijmegen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review