Evidence of Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection in 4 Immunocompetent Patients with Encephalitis
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- 15 March 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 40 (6) , 890-893
- https://doi.org/10.1086/427944
Abstract
We describe 4 patients with encephalitis due to possible reactivation of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection who were enrolled in the California EnKeywords
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