Human Herpesvirus-6, Epidemiology, molecular biology and clinical pathology

Content: 
General Editor
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Edited by
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Copyright page
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Editors\' foreword
Pages v-vii
Dharam V. Ablashi, Gerhard R.F. Krueger, S. Zaki Salahuddin

Preface by Ronald Glaser
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Ronald Glaser

Preface by G.R. Pearson
Page xi
G.R. Pearson

List of contributors
Pages xiii-xvi

Chapter 1 The discovery of human herpesvirus type 6 Original Research Article
Pages 3-8
Syed Zaki Salahuddin

Chapter 2 The epidemiology of human herpesvirus-6 Original Research Article
Pages 9-23
Paul H. Levine, Ruth Jarrett, Duncan A. Clark

Chapter 3 Target cells for infection Original Research Article
Pages 25-36
Paolo Lusso

Chapter 4 In Vitro propagation systems for HHV-6 Original Research Article
Pages 37-47
D.V. Ablashi, C.L. Hung

Chapter 5 Infection, latency and immortalization of human cells with HHV-6 Original Research Article
Pages 49-57
Janos Luka

Chapter 6 Electron microscopy of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) Original Research Article
Pages 59-68
Bernhard Kramarsky, Christian Sander

Chapter 7 Biology and strain variants Original Research Article
Pages 69-79
D.V. Ablashi, S.Z. Salahuddin

Chapter 8 Molecular biology of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) Original Research Article
Pages 81-96
Zwi N. Berneman, Dharam V. Ablashi

Chapter 9 Proteins of human herpesvirus-6 Original Research Article
Pages 97-120
N. Balachandran

Chapter 10 Interactions between HHV-6 and other viruses Original Research Article
Pages 121-133
Paolo Lusso, Dharam V. Ablashi, Janos Luka

Chapter 11 Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) and exanthem subitum Original Research Article
Pages 137-144
Hideaki Kikuta

Chapter 12 Exanthem subitum and HHV-6 infection Original Research Article
Pages 145-158
Koichi Yamanishi, Toshiomi Okuno, Kazuo Takahashi, Kruavon Balachandra, Kazuhiro Kondo, Toshio Kondo, Tetsu Mukai

Chapter 13 HHV-6-induced mononucleosis-like illnesses Original Research Article
Pages 159-174
Charles A. Horwitz, Gerhard R.F. Krueger, Theresa A. Steeper, Gerhard Bertram

Chapter 14 Kikuchi\'s disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis) Original Research Article
Pages 175-183
Masahiro Kikuchi, Yoshiaki Sumiyoshi, Youichi Minamishima

Chapter 15 HHV-6 in atypical polyclonal lymphoproliferation (APL) and malignant lymphomas Original Research Article
Pages 185-208
Gerhard R.F. Krueger, Dharam V. Ablashi, Steven F. Josephs, Narayanaswamy Balachandran

Chapter 16 Detection of human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6) genomes in lymphoproliferative diseases Original Research Article
Pages 209-226
Klaus Ellinger, Frank Neipel, Stephan Seidl, Bettina Borisch-Chappuis, Konrad Müller-Hermelink, Bernhard Fleckenstein

Chapter 17 Detection of HHV-6 using polymerase chain reaction amplification Original Research Article
Pages 227-234
Ruth Jarrett

Chapter 18 ‘Post-viral’ chronic fatigue syndrome Original Research Article
Pages 235-253
Anthony L. Komaroff, Sudhir Gupta, Irving E. Salit

Chapter 19 Human herpesvirus-6 and HIV-1 infection Original Research Article
Pages 255-261
Mark H. Kaplan

Chapter 20 HIV-1 and HHV-6 infections of human retina and cornea Original Research Article
Pages 263-280
Hamida B. Qavi, Mary T. Green, Gary K. Segall

Chapter 21 Human herpesvirus-6 and bone marrow transplantation Original Research Article
Pages 281-301
Donald R. Carrigan

Chapter 22 Human herpesvirus-6 in Sjögren\'s syndrome Original Research Article
Pages 303-315
L.S. De Clerck, N. Bourgeois, G.R.F. Krueger, W.J. Stevens

Chapter 23 HHV-6: response to antiviral agents Original Research Article
Pages 317-335
Marshall V. Williams

Subject Index
Pages 337-341