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HIV/AIDS Herpesvirus
High prevalence of multiple human herpesviruses in saliva from HIV/AIDS patients exists
September 19th, 2006
There is a high prevalence of multiple human herpesviruses in saliva from patients with HIV/AIDS. "Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with an increased risk for human herpesviruses (HHVs) and their related diseases. for limiting the transmission of HHVs require a better understanding of the prevalence and infectiousness of oral HHVs in HIV-infected patients. "We performed quantitative PCR to investigate the prevalence, quantity, risk, and correlates of salivary HHVs from 58 HIV-seropositive individuals in a case control study," scientists in the United States report. According to S. Miller and colleagues at...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-09-19)
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