seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, epstein-barr virus, and cytomegalovirus in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in egypt. | viral infection, especially caused by herpes viruses, is now recognized as an important cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised cancer patients. this study aimed at studying seroprevalence of 3 herpes viruses herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (hsv 1 and 2), epstein-barr virus (ebv), and cytomegalovirus (cmv) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all). | 2006 | 16883441 |
acute sporadic hepatitis in adults living in cairo, egypt. | a group of 295 adult male patients from cairo, egypt, with acute hepatitis were studied. acute hepatitis a was diagnosed in 8 patients (2.7%), hepatitis b in 115 (38.9%), delta infection in 19 (6.4%) and possible epstein-barr virus or cytomegalovirus-mediated hepatitis in 7 patients (2.4%). the remaining 146 patients (49.5%) were considered to have hepatitis non-a non-b. the clinical presentation of the various causes of hepatitis was similar, although patients with hepatitis b and delta infecti ... | 1986 | 3094392 |