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herpesvirus-6 Human B lymphotropic virus A lymphotropic virus that infects most Americans early in life, causing a fever and rash; although usually benign, HHV-6 may cause fulminant hepatitis and roseola–exanthema subitum with acute
infectious mononucleosis-like Sx; it is a major cause of acute febrile illness in young children, and is associated with varied clinical manifestations and viremia; 10% of ER visits and hospitalization up to age 2, and 20% of visits age 6-12 months
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Human herpesvirus-6 infcction in childrcn: A prospective study of complications and reactivation. Now, laboratory studies by researcher Paolo Lusso and his colleagues suggest that infection with herpesvirus-6 can dampen the body's natural-killer-cell response. Successful treatment of life-threatening human herpesvirus-6 encephalitis with donor lymphocyte infusion in a patient who had undergone human leukocyte antigen- |
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