Role of hematopoietic cells in the maintenance of chronic human torquetenovirus plasma viremia

J Virol. 2010 Jul;84(13):6891-3. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00273-10. Epub 2010 Apr 21.

Abstract

Many aspects of the life cycle of torquetenoviruses (TTVs) are essentially unexplored. In particular, it is still a matter of speculation which cell type(s) replicates the viruses and maintains the generally high viral loads found in the blood of infected hosts. In this study, we sequentially measured the TTV loads in the plasma of four TTV-positive leukemia patients who were strongly myelosuppressed and then transplanted with haploidentical hematopoietic stem cells. The findings provide clear quantitative evidence for an extremely important role of hematopoietic cells in the maintenance of TTV viremia.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • DNA Viruses / growth & development*
  • DNA Viruses / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Viral / blood*
  • Female
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells / virology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasma / virology*
  • Viral Load
  • Viremia*

Substances

  • DNA, Viral