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Frequent isolation of human herpesvirus 7 from saliva samples
Author(s) -
Hidaka Yasufumi,
Liu Ying,
Yamamoto Masahiro,
Mori Ryoichi,
Miyazaki Chiaki,
Kusuhara Koichi,
Okada Kenji,
Ueda Kohji
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890400416
Subject(s) - saliva , virology , isolation (microbiology) , virus isolation , human herpesvirus 6 , virus , viral shedding , biology , herpesviridae , human herpesvirus , microbiology and biotechnology , viral disease , biochemistry
Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV‐7) was isolated frequently from saliva specimens. The isolation rates were 81% (13/16) in adults, 70% (7/10) in children over 1 year old, and none (0/7) in children less than 1 year old, respectively, indicating that infection of HHV‐7 occurs during early infancy and the virus shedding rate after infection is very high. Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV‐6) was not isolated from saliva specimens although some studies on isolation of HHV‐6 from saliva was reported previously. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.