| Literature DB >> 16597897 |
Katherine N Ward1, Hoe Nam Leong, Elisabeth P Nacheva, Julie Howard, Claire E Atkinson, Nicholas W S Davies, Paul D Griffiths, Duncan A Clark.
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Six immunocompetent patients with human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) chromosomal integration had HHV-6 and beta-globin DNA quantified in various samples by PCR. The mean HHV-6 DNA concentration (log(10) copies/milliliter) in blood was 7.0 (>/=1 HHV-6 DNA copies/leukocyte), and in serum it was 5.3 (>/=1 HHV-6 DNA copies/lysed cell). The mean HHV-6 DNA load (log(10) copies)/hair follicle was 4.2 (>/=1 copies/hair follicle cell), demonstrating that viral integration is not confined to blood cells. The characteristically high HHV-6 DNA levels in chromosomal integration may confound laboratory diagnosis of HHV-6 infection and should be given due consideration.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16597897 PMCID: PMC1448653 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1571-1574.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948