Prevalence and Risk Factors for Betaherpesvirus DNAemia in Children >3 Weeks and  | Zendy

John Tembo | Zendy; Mwila Kabwe | Zendy; Lophina Chilukutu | Zendy; M. Chilufya | Zendy; N. Mwaanza | Zendy; Chishala Chabala | Zendy; Alimuddin Zumla | Zendy; Matthew Bates | Zendy

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Betaherpesvirus DNAemia in Children >3 Weeks and <2 Years of Age Admitted to a Large Referral Hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author(s) -

John Tembo,

Mwila Kabwe,

Lophina Chilukutu,

M. Chilufya,

N. Mwaanza,

Chishala Chabala,

Alimuddin Zumla,

Matthew Bates

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu853

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , underweight , pediatrics , confidence interval , human cytomegalovirus , referral , meningitis , immunology , virology , virus , family medicine , overweight , obesity

Betaherpesviruses are established causes of morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed patient groups but have been little studied in sub-Saharan Africa, the epicenter of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic. In this region, primary infections with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6) type 6 are endemic in infancy, but the clinical impact of these infections among pediatric inpatient groups is poorly characterized and assumptive, based largely on data from Western populations.

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