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HERPESVIRUS 6B, HUMAN
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Descriptor
English
:
Herpesvirus 6, Human
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Herpesvirus Humano 6
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Herpesvirus Humano 6
Synonyms
English
:
Herpesvirus 6A, Human
Herpesvirus 6B, Human
Human B-Lymphotropic Virus
HBLV
Human herpesvirus 6
Tree Number:
B04.280.382.150.750.400
B04.909.204.382.150.750.400
Definition
English
:
The type species of
ROSEOLOVIRUS
isolated from
patients
with AIDS and other
LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS
. It infects and replicates in fresh and established lines of hematopoietic
cells
and
cells
of neural origin. It also appears to alter NK cell activity. HHV-6; (HBLV)
antibodies
are elevated in
patients
with AIDS,
Sjogren's syndrome
,
sarcoidosis
, chronic
fatigue
syndrome
, and certain malignancies. HHV-6 is the cause of
EXANTHEMA SUBITUM
and has been implicated in
encephalitis.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection
: coord IM with
ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS
(IM) but consider also
EXANTHEMA SUBITUM
See Related
English
:
Exanthema Subitum
History Note
English
:
94; was HERPESVIRUS-6, HUMAN 1990-93; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6 was see HERPESVIRUS-6, HUMAN 1990-93
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
Record Number:
31737
Unique Identifier:
D015654
Occurrence in VHL
:
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