title: Pretransplant herpesvirus serology and acute graft-versus-host disease.
abstract: Logistic regression was used to analyze the influence of pretransplant herpesvirus antibodies, in both patients and donors, on the development of acute graft-versus-host disease in 111 consecutive HLA-identical bone marrow recipients. In bivariate analysis, recipient seropositivity for cytomegalovirus (P = 0.01), donor seropositivity for herpes simplex virus (P = 0.02), and low bone marrow cell dosage (P less than 0.05) were associated with a high incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD. In multivariate analysis the P values were P less than 0.05 for a positive recipient CMV serology and P = 0.07 for a positive donor HSV serology. Positive serology for 1-2 herpes-viruses among recipients or donors both resulted in a 12% incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD. Positive serology for 3-4 herpesviruses among patients or donors resulted in an incidence of 32% and 38% of acute GVHD, respectively (P less than 0.05). It is concluded that recipient and donor pretransplant herpesvirus immunity can be used to calculate the risk of moderate-to-severe acute GVHD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boström
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ringdén
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sundberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tollemar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nilsson
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000276:immunology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012698:Serologic Tests
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral