Human herpesvirus 6 and human herpesvirus 7 infections in renal transplant recipients and healthy adults in Turkey.
We explored the prevalence of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) infections in 16 renal transplant recipients and 16 healthy controls by virus isolation, serology, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by dot blot hybridization. HHV-6 variant A was isolated from one renal transplant recipient. Seven patients (44%) and six controls (38%) had HHV-6 variant B DNA in their peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The prevalence of HHV-7 DNA was found to be the same in patients and controls (19%).
Yalcin
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S
Department of Virology, Osaka University, Japan.
Karpuzoglu
T
T
Suleymanlar
G
G
Mutlu
G
G
Mukai
T
T
Yamamoto
T
T
Isegawa
Y
Y
Yamanishi
K
K
D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral; D005260:Female; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015654:Herpesvirus 6, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016199:Herpesvirus 7, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
D004279:DNA, Viral