Herpesvirus
Data on herpesvirus reported by researchers at University of Paris
Published in AIDS Weekly, August 4th, 2008
"Human herpesviruses 6 (HHV-6), 7 (HHV-7) and 8 (HHV-8) are lymphotropic herpesviruses that may cause opportunistic diseases in immuno-suppressed patients such as transplant or AIDS patients. The new commercial CMV HHV-6, 7, 8 R-gene (TM) kit (Argene, Varilhes, France) for the simultaneous quantitation of HHV-6 and qualitative detection of HHV-7 and HHV-8 was evaluated using whole blood samples (respectively, n = 175, 100 and 161) and using different extraction and real-time PCR platforms in two Centers A and B. In comparison with HHV-6 in-house real-time PCR the commercial kit showed agreements of 96% (n = 75) and 85% (n = 100) in A and B, respectively, with significant Spearman's...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2008-08-04)
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