Human herpes virus 6 or Epstein–Barr virus were not detected in Guthrie cards from children who later developed leukaemia

To investigate if children who later developed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) were prenatally infected with HHV-6 and/or EBV, Guthrie cards taken at birth were analysed by PCR. Guthrie cards from 54 patients with ALL and 47 healthy controls matched for age and birth place were tested negative f...

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Autores principales: Bogdanovic, G, Jernberg, Å G, Priftakis, P, Grillner, L, Gustafsson, B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2004
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15292925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602099
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Sumario:To investigate if children who later developed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) were prenatally infected with HHV-6 and/or EBV, Guthrie cards taken at birth were analysed by PCR. Guthrie cards from 54 patients with ALL and 47 healthy controls matched for age and birth place were tested negative for both HHV-6 and EBV DNA. All samples contained amplifiable DNA when tested by HLA-DQ PCR. Our negative findings suggest that childhood ALL is unlikely to be associated with an in utero infection with EBV or HHV-6.

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