HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6 AND HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-7 IN CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

Authors
DILUCA D ZORZENON M MIRANDOLA P COLLE R BOTTA GA CASSAI E
Citation
D. Diluca et al., HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6 AND HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-7 IN CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, Journal of clinical microbiology, 33(6), 1995, pp. 1660-1661
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
33
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1660 - 1661
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1995)33:6<1660:HHAHHI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We analyzed lymphocytes of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS ) for the presence of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and HHV-7 DNA, HHV-7 was present in over 80% of CFS patients and healthy controls, while t he prevalence of HHV-6 variant A increased significantly in CFS cases (22 versus 4%; P = 0.05).