| human herpesvirus 6: infection and disease following autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. | human herpesvirus 6 activity (hhv-6) was studied in 15 allogeneic and 11 autologous marrow transplantation patients. after transplantation, hhv-6 was isolated from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 12 of 26 patients (6 allogeneic and 6 autologous). all isolates were variant b. eleven of 26 and 12 of 19 patients showed salivary shedding of hhv-6 dna before and after transplantation, respectively. the antibody titer increased in 7 of 26 patients. thus, 23 of 26 patients showed evidence of ... | 1996 | 8652850 |