Isolation of human herpesvirus 7 from a child with symptoms mimicking chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection.
Human herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7), which is a newly identified human herpesvirus with an unknown pathologic role, was isolated from a 5-year-old boy suffering from fever, hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia. Although the clinical course was similar to that of chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection, no viruses other than HHV-7 were isolated. This finding raises the possibility that HHV-7 played a pathogenic role in the present patient.
Kawa-Ha
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Department of Paediatrics, Osaka Medical Centre and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Japan.
Tanaka
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Inoue
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Sakata
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Okada
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Kurata
T
T
Mukai
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T
Yamanishi
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K
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016199:Herpesvirus 7, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male