About HHV6

Human Herpes Virus 6 (obligate intracellular), double-stranded DNA virus, one of the Herpes viruses.

Available Tests for HHV6

IFA, ELISA, Immunoblot

HHV-6-antibodies
(1x Serum/SST tube)

PCR

HHV-6 DNA-PCR
(2x EDTA tube)

Virus:

Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6)

Vector / Transmission:

Saliva: shedding of viral particles into saliva (prevalance of HHV-6 between 3 and 90% in saliva), latency in salivary glands, haematopoetic (blood-building) system.

Symptoms:

Exanthema subitum (Roseola infantum, sixth disease) with high temperature followed by a rash.

Associations:

Co-factor in Chronic fatique syndrome (CFS), Multiple Sclerosis (neurovirulent), Hashimoto´s thyroiditis, cancer (Kaposi´s sarkoma), temporal lobe epilepsy, optic neuritis, hepatic dysfunction/failure, fibromyalgia, AIDS, cancer temporal lobe epilepsy, reactivation by organ transplantation: encephalitis, pneumonitis, bone marrow suppression.

Risk factors:

immune suppression