id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-000121-duwfxeyt DzieciÄ…tkowski, Tomasz Prevalence of human herpesvirus 6 antibodies and DNA in allogeneic stem cell transplant patients: two-year single centre experience 2008-05-30 .txt text/plain 2549 137 49 title: Prevalence of human herpesvirus 6 antibodies and DNA in allogeneic stem cell transplant patients: two-year single centre experience INTRODUCTION: Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) has been recognized as a potentially significant pathogen in hemopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. In a recent study we summarized retrospective results of the determination of HHV infection status in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. As infections with HHV-6 are rarely accompanied by clinical symptoms, our first aim was to compare HHV-6 infection status, measured as viral DNA presence in the blood in the post-transplantation period and patients' anti-HHV-6 serological status by detection of IgG and IgM antibodies. In the two patients who had a single HHV-6-positive blood sample, viral DNA was detected at a later time. High levels of human herpesvirus 6 DNA in peripheral blood leucocytes are correlated to platelet engraftment and disease in allogeneic stem cell transplant patients ./cache/cord-000121-duwfxeyt.txt ./txt/cord-000121-duwfxeyt.txt