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The patient was a 23-year-old woman with HTLV-I carrier and was diagnosed as pityriasis rubra pilaris soon after her birth. In November 1990 at her age of 16, she began to have fever and polyarthralgia which were not improved despite the administration of antibiotics. Her laboratory findings showed
Human herpesvirus 7 known since 1990 is closely related to herpesvirus 6B. It replicates in human cells only after binding CD4 receptor. It establishes lifelong latency in infected cells, and its frequent reactivations result in asymptomatic virus shedding through saliva. Most children acquire
Three new members of the family of human herpesviruses (HHVs) have been identified in less than a decade, HHV 67 and 8. HHV-6 and HHV-7, both infecting T-lymphocytes and phylogenetically related to cytomegalovirus, were identified as causative agents of exanthema subitum. In addition, HHV-6 has been
Three new members of the family of human herpesviruses (HHVs) have been identified in less than a decade, HHV 6 7 and 8. HHV-6 and HHV-7, both infecting T-lymphocytes and phylogenetically related to cytomegalovirus, were identified as causative agents of exanthema subitum. In addition, HHV-6 has
BACKGROUND
We undertook this study in order to determine the pattern and prevalence of childhood psoriasis in northern India and to highlight the differences and similarities with previous studies.
METHODS
In this retrospective epidemiologic study, the data from 419 children (less than 14 years of