Laboratory and clinical aspects of human herpesvirus 6 infections

H Agut, P Bonnafous… - Clinical microbiology …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is a widespread betaherpesvirus which is
genetically related to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and now encompasses two different …

Classification of HHV-6A and HHV-6B as distinct viruses

D Ablashi, H Agut, R Alvarez-Lafuente, DA Clark… - Archives of …, 2014 - Springer
Shortly after the discovery of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), two distinct variants, HHV-6A
and HHV-6B, were identified. In 2012, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses …

Herpesviruses and chromosomal integration

G Morissette, L Flamand - Journal of virology, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Herpesviruses are members of a diverse family of viruses that colonize all vertebrates from
fish to mammals. Although more than one hundred herpesviruses exist, all are nearly …

Latency, integration, and reactivation of human herpesvirus-6

SN Pantry, PG Medveczky - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Human herpesvirus-6A (HHV-6A) and human herpesvirus-6B (HHV-6B) are two closely
related viruses that infect T-cells. Both HHV-6A and HHV-6B possess telomere-like repeats …

Update on infections with human herpesviruses 6A, 6B, and 7

H Agut, P Bonnafous, A Gautheret-Dejean - Medecine et maladies …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Human herpesviruses 6A, 6B, and 7 (HHV-6A, HHV-6B, HHV-7) are genetically
related to cytomegalovirus. They belong to the Roseolovirus genus and to the …

Human herpesviruses as copathogens of HIV infection, their role in HIV transmission, and disease progression

A Munawwar, S Singh - Journal of laboratory physicians, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Of eight human herpesviruses (HHVs), often, only herpes simplex virus types 1 (HSV-1) and
2 (HSV-2) find mention in medical literature as both of these viruses are commonly …

Clinical impact of primary infection with roseoloviruses

BL Tesini, LG Epstein, MT Caserta - Current opinion in virology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•HHV-6B primary infection occurs in nearly all children by three years of age.•HHV-
6 can integrate into the host genome and be passed via germline transmission.•Only a …

Roseolovirus-associated encephalitis in immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals

J Ongrádi, DV Ablashi, T Yoshikawa, B Stercz… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The roseoloviruses, human herpesvirus (HHV)-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7, can cause severe
encephalitis or encephalopathy. In immunocompetent children, primary HHV-6B infection is …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and laboratory features of human herpesvirus 6 chromosomal integration

DA Clark - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) comprises two separate viruses, HHV-6A and HHV-
6B, although this distinction is not commonly made. HHV-6B is ubiquitous in the population …

Prospective characterization of the risk factors for transmission and symptoms of primary human herpesvirus infections among Ugandan infants

S Gantt, J Orem, EM Krantz, RA Morrow… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Human herpesvirus (HHV) infections are common during infancy. Primary
infections are frequently asymptomatic and best studied prospectively by using direct viral …