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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Jun 1989
[Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6): incidence in healthy blood donors and in patients with acute infections caused by other herpes viruses].
- C Larcher, H P Huemer, M Hönlinger, R Margreiter, and M P Dierich.
- Institut für Hygiene, Universität Innsbruck.
- Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 1989 Jun 23; 101 (13): 448-50.
AbstractAntibodies to HHV-6 were detected by immunofluorescence in 8.04% of 460 healthy blood donors in West Austria. Testing sera from patients with acute or reactivated infections with other herpesviruses, such as cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), herpes simplex virus (HSV) and varicella zoster virus (VZV) we observed a remarkably higher prevalence of antibodies to HHV-6 in patients with CMV infections (75%) and also in patients with EBV infections (50%). Patients with HSV and VZV infections were positive for HHV 6 in 12.5% and 6.6% of cases, respectively. Many of the patients with CMV infection were transplant recipients. The high incidence of positive HH 6 serology in these patients could be due to new infection by HHV 6 or to the reactivation of a previous infection with HHV 6 by means of allogenic cell stimulation. Furthermore, preliminary results from our laboratory point to a serological cross-reaction between HHV 6 and CMV, which may also contribute to this result.
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