title: Prolonged excretion of an identical cytomegalovirus strain by two siblings and the intermittent isolation of an adenovirus from the urine of one of them.
abstract: Restriction endonucleases were used to show the excretion of an identical strain of cytomegalovirus (CMV) by two brothers over a 2 1/2-yr period. The same enzymes were used to show that the younger brother, case report, excreted an adenovirus over at least a 3-mo period. We are unable to determine the contribution of each virus to this child's clinical picture; however, this is the first report of a prolonged excretion of an adenovirus associated with CMV excretion in an immunocompetent host.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: McFarlane
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Goldbloom
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Embil
mesh_terms: D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000235:genetics*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes