[Chronic gastritis and herpetic infections in subjects of different ages].
Gastric mucosal biopsy specimens were immunohistochemically studied to detect the antigens of herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus (EB ) in 103 children aged 7-17 years and 49 adults aged 18-78 years who suffered from morphologically verified chronic gastritis. Gastric mucosal virus antigens were found in 70% of the children (including EBV in 44.8%; herpes simplex virus in 34.9%, cytomegalovirus in 16.5%; concurrence of two and three infections in 22.3 and 1.9%, respectively) and in 65.3% of the adults (EBV in 408%; herpes simplex virus in 26.5%, cytomegalovirus in 18.4%; concurrence of two and three infections in 26.3 and 2%, respectively). It was shown that herpes viruses may play an etiological role in the development of chronic gastritis in children and adults.
Krulevskiĭ
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Petrovskiĭ
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Anichkov
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000956:Antigens, Viral