A Population-Based Study of Primary Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection
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- 24 February 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 352 (8), 768-776
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa042207
Abstract
Serologic studies indicate that human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infects 90 percent of children by two years of age. Little is known about the acquisition, virologic course, and clinical manifestations of HHV-6 infection.Keywords
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