PMID- 1663574
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19920304
LR  - 20190819
IS  - 0385-5600 (Print)
IS  - 0385-5600 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 11
DP  - 1991
TI  - Seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 6 infection in Brazilian and Japanese 
      populations in the north-east of Brazil.
PG  - 1023-7
AB  - The seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection was examined for 434 
      Brazilians and 250 Japanese immigrants living in Recife and its vicinity, in the 
      North-East of Brazil. A total of 684 sera from the healthy individuals were 
      screened for IgG antibodies to HHV-6 by anticomplement immunofluorescence (ACIF) 
      test. The seropositivity rate to HHV-6 showed little difference between the two 
      groups: namely, it was 76.5% for Brazilians and 77.2% for Japanese immigrants. 
      The seropositivity rate was constantly higher in females than in males. The high 
      prevalence of anti-HHV-6 antibodies among children indicates that HHV-6 infection 
      occurs very early in life.
FAU - Linhares, M I
AU  - Linhares MI
AD  - Laboratorio de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 
      Recife, Brazil.
FAU - Eizuru, Y
AU  - Eizuru Y
FAU - Tateno, S
AU  - Tateno S
FAU - Minamishima, Y
AU  - Minamishima Y
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Australia
TA  - Microbiol Immunol
JT  - Microbiology and immunology
JID - 7703966
RN  - 0 (Antibodies, Viral)
RN  - 0 (Immunoglobulin G)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Antibodies, Viral/blood
MH  - Brazil/epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Herpesviridae Infections/*epidemiology
MH  - Herpesvirus 6, Human/immunology/*isolation & purification
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin G/blood
MH  - Infant
MH  - Japan/ethnology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Seroepidemiologic Studies
EDAT- 1991/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1991/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1991/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1991/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1991/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1991/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1991.tb01624.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Microbiol Immunol. 1991;35(11):1023-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1991.tb01624.x.