Background. Childhood community-acquired pneumonia is a common illness, but there
have been relatively few comprehensive studies of the viral and bacterial etiology in …

The vast majority of the human adult population is infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),
and the majority of the EBV-infected individuals tolerates the infection well, without any …

Background: A study was undertaken to investigate the differential diagnostic role of chest
radiographic findings, total white blood cell count (WBC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate …

Although fever is regarded as the main trigger in the pathogenesis of febrile seizures (FS), it
is not supposed to be the unique causative factor. In FS, there is a strong familial …

Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6), human herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),
and human cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA were repeatedly assayed in peripheral blood …

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) was first isolated from patients with the acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome or lymphoproliferative diseases and was named human B …

Serological diagnosis of herpes virus infections is hampered by concurrent expression of
IgM for heterologous members of this virus family. To assess the frequency of such multiple …

Abstract Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection is common after transplantation; HHV-6 is
known to interact with other viruses and induce immunosuppression. Whether HHV-6 plays …

Ebola virus (EBOV) is a highly virulent human pathogen. Recovery of infected patients is
associated with efficient EBOV-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses, whereas fatal …

BACKGROUND: There is indirect evidence that an increased infectious burden is
associated with a decreased prevalence of IgE-mediated allergy during childhood …