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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ablashi, Dharam
• Agut, Henri
• Alvarez-Lafuente, Roberto
• Clark, Duncan A
• Dewhurst, Stephen
• DiLuca, Dario
• Flamand, Louis
• Frenkel, Niza
• Gallo, Robert
• Gompels, Ursula A
• Höllsberg, Per
• Jacobson, Steven
• Luppi, Mario
• Lusso, Paolo
• Malnati, Mauro
• Medveczky, Peter
• Mori, Yasuko
• Pellett, Philip E
• Pritchett, Joshua C
• Yamanishi, Koichi
• Yoshikawa, Tetsushi

Titel

Classification of HHV-6A and HHV-6B as distinct viruses

Ist Teil von

• Archives of virology, 2014-05, Vol.159 (5), p.863-870

Ort / Verlag

Vienna: Springer-Verlag

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

SpringerLink

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Shortly after the discovery of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), two distinct variants, HHV-6A and HHV-6B, were identified. In 2012, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) classified HHV-6A and HHV-6B as separate viruses. This review outlines several of the documented epidemiological, biological, and immunological distinctions between HHV-6A and HHV-6B, which support the ICTV classification. The utilization of virus-specific clinical and laboratory assays for distinguishing HHV-6A and HHV-6B is now required for further classification. For clarity in biological and clinical distinctions between HHV-6A and HHV-6B, scientists and physicians are herein urged, where possible, to differentiate carefully between HHV-6A and HHV-6B in all future publications.