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Summary of the 9th international conference on human herpesviruses 6 and 7 (HHV‐6A, HHV‐6B, and HHV‐7)
Author(s) -
Komaroff Anthony L.,
Phan Tuan,
Flamand Louis,
Pellett Philip E.
Publication year - 2016
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.24561
Subject(s) - human herpesvirus 6 , virology , human herpesvirus , biology , human disease , herpesviridae infections , epidemiology , herpesviridae , virus , medicine , viral disease , genetics , gene , pathology
The 9th International Conference on Human herpesviruses 6 and 7 (HHV‐6A, HHV‐6B, and HHV‐7) was held at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts from November 9 to 11, 2015. Important new information was presented regarding: the biology of these viruses, particularly HHV‐6A and HHV‐6B; the biology and epidemiology of inherited chromosomally integrated HHV‐6A/B; improved diagnostic tests; animal models for studying HHV‐6 and HHV‐7, and animal viruses with similarities to HHV‐6 and HHV‐7; established and possible disease associations; and new approaches to treatment. Here, we summarize work of particular interest. J. Med. Virol. 88:2038–2043, 2016 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.