Evidence of Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection in 4 Immunocompetent Patients with Encephalitis

Isaacson, Erin; Glaser, Carol; Forghani, Bagher; Amad, Zahwa; R. Wallace, Mark; W. Armstrong, Robert; M. Exner, Maurice; Schmid, Scott

doi:10.1086/427944

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Evidence of Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection in 4 Immunocompetent Patients with Encephalitis

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Mar 1, 2005

Authors:

Erin Isaacson

Carol Glaser

Bagher Forghani

Abstract

We describe 4 patients with encephalitis due to possible reactivation of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection who were enrolled in the California Encephalitis Project. All were immunocompetent and had HHV-6 loads determined in cerebrospinal fluid specimens. Tests for detection of HHV-6 should be co...

Subject

Encephalitis

Human herpesvirus 6

Medicine

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