Author/Editor     Tomažič, Janez
Title     Okužbe s herpesvirusi pri bolnikih z zmanjšanim imunskim odzivom
Type     članek
Source     In: Reberšek-Gorišek J, Baklan Z, Kotnik-Kevorkijan B, editors. Okužbe s humanimi herpesvirusi. Zbornik predavanj in praktikum Bedjaničev simpozij z mednarodno udeležbo; 1999 jun 11-12; Maribor. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica Maribor,
Publication year     1999
Volume     str. 129-44
Language     slo
Abstract     Herpesviruses are among the most common causes of infections of humans. Viruses in this family share unique biological property of being able to establish latency and to recur. In the immunocompromised host including persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection, herpesvirus diseases can be particularly severe, resulting in chronic persistant, active infection, and some case life threatening diseases. The most pathogenic of the herpesviruses include cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 and varicella-zoster virus. Epstein-Barr virus is associated with opportunistic malignancies, human herpesvirus 6 infections are primarily seen in immunocompromised hosts, but there is not a lot of data about human herpesvirus 7. A new herpesvirus (herpesvirus 8( that is associated with Kaposi's sarcoma and some other malignancies, was recently described.
Descriptors     HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS
SIMPLEXVIRUS
HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN
HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN
HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN
HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN
HERPESVIRUS, KAPOSI'S SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED
HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN