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Transmission of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirsus 6 (HHV-6) variant A from a parent to children leading to misdiagnosis of active HHV-6 infection.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - 1 Dec 2009
Mori T, Tanaka-Taya K, Satoh H, Aisa Y, Yamazaki R, Kato J, Ikeda Y, Okamoto S
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Only a handful of cases of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6 (CI-HHV-6) have been reported, suggesting that this phenomenon is rare. We here present a familial case of HHV-6 variant A (HHV-6A) transmission through a generation, which was identified in the setting of allogeneic hematopo...
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