Open AccessDetection of human herpes viruses in patients with chronic and aggressive periodontitis and relationship between viruses and clinical parameters
Author(s) -
Sushma Das,
G Shobha Prakash Krithiga,
S. Gopalakrishnan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.98502
Subject(s) - aggressive periodontitis , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , herpes simplex virus , medicine , human cytomegalovirus , virus , immunology
Recent microbiological researches have revealed the possible role of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), Epstein barr virus (EBV), and herpes simplex virus (HSV-1 and HSV-2) in the etiopathogenesis of periodontal diseases. The present pilot study has been undertaken to detect the presence of these viruses in chronic periodontitis, aggressive periodontitis, and healthy individuals and to determine the relationship between these viruses and the clinical parameters.