Possible progesterone-induced gestational activation of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6B and transplacental transmission of activated human herpesvirus 6B

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Nov;35(11):1373-1376. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.08.009. Epub 2016 Aug 20.

Authors

Bibhuti B Das¹, Dinesh Rakheja², Chantale Lacelle², Ruth Hall Sedlak³, Nitish Gulve⁴, Suvagata R Chowdhury⁴, Bhupesh K Prusty⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
² Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
³ Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Germany.

PMID: 27646062
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.08.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

DNA, Viral / analysis*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gestational Age
Herpesvirus 6, Human / genetics*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pregnancy
Progesterone / blood*
Roseolovirus Infections / metabolism*
Roseolovirus Infections / transmission
Roseolovirus Infections / virology

Substances

DNA, Viral
Progesterone