Stress, Spaceflight, and Latent Herpes Virus Reactivation

Author(s):  
Raymond P. Stowe ◽  
Duane L. Pierson ◽  
Satish K. Mehta
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e239220
Author(s):  
Maria Alkozah ◽  
Rami Hallak ◽  
Imad Bou Akl ◽  
Aline El Zakhem

Human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) infection is a common infection in the paediatric population and is increasingly reported in immunosuppressed adult patients. It has been reported as the causative agent of disease in few case reports in immunocompetent adults. We report herein an unusual case of HHV-6-associated viraemia, pneumonitis and meningitis in a patient who presented with dyspnoea, hypoxia, dry cough and headache. She was treated for atypical pneumonia with no improvement. Meningitis was suspected as headache kept worsening. HHV-6B was detected by PCR in the cerebrospinal fluid, and subsequently, in the bronchoalveolar lavage and serum samples. Studies were negative for the most common primary and secondary immunodeficiency syndromes, and serology could not be performed to differentiate virus reactivation from a primary infection. The patient was successfully treated with ganciclovir and had no residual sequelae.


2011 ◽  
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pp. 83-90 ◽  
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Hazem Mohammad Saleh ◽  
Ahmed Samir Shaker ◽  
Ali Mohamed Saafan ◽  
Adel Khalil Ibrahim

2009 ◽  
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Author(s):  
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Duane L. Pierson ◽  
Satish K. Mehta

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridgette V. Rooney ◽  
Brian E. Crucian ◽  
Duane L. Pierson ◽  
Mark L. Laudenslager ◽  
Satish K. Mehta

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. e51
Author(s):  
Satish K. Mehta ◽  
Mark L. Laudenslager ◽  
Susan Robinson-Whelan ◽  
Charlie M. Ott ◽  
Duane L. Pierson

1996 ◽  
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F FOCHER ◽  
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