Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus Sequences in Patients with Kawasaki Disease by Means of the Polymerase Chain Reaction
作者:
Hideaki Kikuta,
Masonori Nakanishi,
Nobuyoshi Ishikawa,
Mutsuko Konno,
Shuzo Matsumoto,
期刊:
Intervirology
(Karger Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 33,
issue 1
页码: 1-5
ISSN:0300-5526
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1159/000150224
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Polymerase chain reaction;Kawasaki disease;Epstein-Barr virus
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
We used a selective DNA amplification technique to detect Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with Kawasaki disease (KD). By means of the polymerase chain reaction EBV sequences were indentified directly in 21 (60%) of 35 KD patients within 2 weeks after the onset of KD. Furthermore, EBV sequences were detected in all of 6 repeatedly tested patients with KD within 3 months after disease onset. In contrast, only 2 (12%) of 17 control DNA samples were polymerase chain reaction positive. These results indicate that an unusual EBV-cell interaction may exist in KD.
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