title: Frequent isolation of human herpesvirus 7 from saliva samples.
abstract: Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) was isolated frequently from saliva specimens. The isolation rates were 81% (13/16) in adults, 70% (7/10) in children over 1 year old, and none (0/7) in children less than 1 year old, respectively, indicating that infection of HHV-7 occurs during early infancy and the virus shedding rate after infection is very high. Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) was not isolated from saliva specimens although some studies on isolation of HHV-6 from saliva was reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusuhara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001483:Base Sequence; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016199:Herpesvirus 7, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral