Pathogenesis from the reactivation of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus type 6: facts rather than fiction

Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Aug 15;59(4):549-51. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu326. Epub 2014 May 6.

Author

Louis Flamand¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Disease and Immunity, CHU de Québec Research Center and Department of Microbiology, Infectious Disease and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.

PMID: 24803375
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu326

No abstract available

Keywords: Chromosomally integrated HHV-6; X-SCID; latency; telomere; viral reactivation.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Herpesvirus 6, Human / isolation & purification*
Herpesvirus 6, Human / physiology*
Humans
Male
Roseolovirus Infections / diagnosis*
Roseolovirus Infections / virology*
Virus Activation*
X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases / complications*