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A multiplex real-time PCR quantitation of human herpesvirus-6, 7, 8 viruses: application in blood transfusions
BackgroundIn recent years, fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays for detecting viral DNA are in widespread use throughout the...
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Role of Immunological Testing in Infertility
Purpose of ReviewUnexplained infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and recurrent implantation failure are challenging clinical scenarios, both for...
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Targeted metagenomics reveals association between severity and pathogen co-detection in infants with respiratory syncytial virus
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of hospitalisation for respiratory infection in young children. RSV disease severity is known...
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Herpes Viruses
The family of herpes viridae comprises more than 200 members that infect a variety of eukaryotic organisms.(Roizman and Baines 1991; Bharucha et al....
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Risk factors and long-term outcomes for human herpesvirus 6 encephalitis in the early period after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) encephalitis is a rare but life-threatening complication for patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell...
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Comparison of HHV-6 DNA detection in plasma and whole blood in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: frequent false-positive results for active HHV-6 infection using whole blood samples
In this prospective observational study, we compared the human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) DNA load in serially collected paired plasma and whole blood...
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HHV-6 encoded small non-coding RNAs define an intermediate and early stage in viral reactivation
Human herpesvirus 6A and 6B frequently acquires latency. HHV-6 activation has been associated with various human diseases. Germ line inheritance of...
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Laboratory diagnosis of CNS infections in children due to emerging and re-emerging neurotropic viruses
AbstractRecent decades have witnessed the emergence and re-emergence of numerous medically important viruses that cause central nervous system (CNS)...
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Viremia as a predictor of absence of serious bacterial infection in children with fever without source
Most children with fever without source (FWS) require diagnostic laboratory tests to exclude a serious bacterial infection (SBI), often followed by...
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High-dose aciclovir in CMV infection prophylaxis after allogeneic HSCT: a single-center long-term experience
There is only limited data on cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis with high-dose (HD) aciclovir after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell...
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome related to Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli with encephalitis hiding a human herpesvirus-6 infection: a case report
BackgroundCardiac and neurological involvement in hemolytic uremic syndrome are life-threatening complications. The most frequent complications of...
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Integrins as Receptors for Bacterial and Viral Pathogens
Integrins are important cell surface receptors named cell adhesion molecules that mediate cell–cell, cell–matrix, and cell–pathogen interactions....
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Author Correction: Whole genome diversity of inherited chromosomally integrated HHV-6 derived from healthy individuals of diverse geographic origin
A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has not been fixed in the paper.
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Variant morphology and random chromosomal integration of BK polyomavirus in posttransplant urothelial carcinomas
BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) causes major complications in solid organ transplant recipients but little is known about its role in the development of...
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Viral Infections
Cutaneous viral infections comprise a heterogeneous group of diseases, with different degrees of severity, ranging from self-limited course to...
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Prevalence of human herpesviruses in biliary fluid and their association with biliary complications after liver transplantation
BackgroundBeta-herpesviruses are common opportunistic pathogens that cause morbidity after liver transplantation (LT).
MethodsObjective of the study...
