Document 1110
 DOCN  M9591110
 TI    [Initial studies of the prevalence of human Herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) in
       Mexican blood donors]
 DT    9509
 AU    Rojo J; Bonifaz R; Koch B; Krueger GR; Blutbank des Allgemeinen
       Krankenhauses Mexiko Stadt, Medizinische; Fakultat, Universitat Mexiko,
       UNAM, Conacyt.
 SO    Pathologe. 1995 May;16(3):204-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95312516
 AB    Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) has been recently isolated from CD4-positive
       peripheral blood lymphocytes of a healthy person. The present study was
       performed to find the antibody prevalence of this virus in the healthy
       Mexican population. Two hundred blood samples from candidates for blood
       donation at the General Hospital of Mexico were studied with the
       indirect immunofluorescence test (IFA) in HHV-7 infected SupT1 cells.
       83.5% were male persons and 16.5% female, the mean age for the male
       group was 28.8 years and for the female group 31.5. The donors came from
       12 different states in Mexico, predominantly from the city (60.8%), and
       had different occupations. Almost all samples (98.5%) were positive to
       HHV-7. Other studies done revealed 1% positive to brucella, 1% positive
       to Hepatitis B, 2% positive to syphilis, hepatitis C and HIV test were
       negative in the whole group studied. There was a high incidence of HHV-7
       in the group studied: more than 50% of the subject had high titers. This
       results should be further studied determine titers indicative of an
       active infection and to search for any association with illnesses.
 DE    Adult  Blood Banks  Blood Donors/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       Cross-Sectional Studies  CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/VIROLOGY  English
       Abstract  Ethnic Groups/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Female  Fluorescent
       Antibody Technique  Herpesviridae Infections/*ETHNOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       Herpesvirus 7, Human/*ISOLATION & PURIF  Human  Incidence  Male
       Mexico/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Reference Values  Risk Factors  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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