Frequent isolation of human herpesvirus 7 from saliva samples.
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.
Hidaka
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Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Liu
Y
Y
Yamamoto
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M
Mori
R
R
Miyazaki
C
C
Kusuhara
K
K
Okada
K
K
Ueda
K
K
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*
D000956:Antigens, Viral