RESUMO
Infeccao recente por hipervirus humano tipo 6 (HHV-6) foi detectada em casos de exantema subito envolvendo quatro criancas com idades de 10 a 24 meses, no periodo compreendido entre abril e agosto de 1994, em Belem, Brasil. Utilizando-se a tecnica da imunofluorecencia indireta, aumentos significativos (de pelo menos oito vezes) foram observadas nas concentracoes de anticorpos das amostras de soro, da fase aguda para as da convalescente, com oito titulos variando de <1:10 / 1:80 a < 1:10 / 1:640 (pacientes 3 e 2, respectivamente). Todas as criancas apresentaram febre alta (acima de 39ºC) por tres dias, seguida de exantema maculo-papular generalizado. O exame fisico realizado nas criancas revelou concomitancia de adenomegalia cervical e amigdalite em dois desses individuos.
Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Lactente , Exantema Súbito/complicações , Infecções por Herpesviridae/epidemiologia , Brasil , Exantema Súbito/imunologia , ImunofluorescênciaRESUMO
The seroprevalence of antibodies against cytomegalovirus (CMV), human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), determined by ELISA and by fluorescence in 54 renal transplanted patients, was 96.2 per cent , 88.8 per cent and 11.1 per cent , respectively. These values are relatively high when compared with the results obtained for healthy individuals of the same age groups from Recife, Northeastern Brazil. Active CMV infection was detected by the presence of IgM antibodies and/or virus isolation in 13 (24 per cent ) patients. Kidney rejection and renal dysfunction were observed in 11 of these 13 patients, whereas 3 of 6 HTLV-1 antibody-positive individuals presented these complications. All HTLV-1 positive patients were also positive to IgG CMV and HHV-6 antibodies. The importance of the three viruses in this clinical condition is suggested by the high seropositivity rates compared with the healthy population. The group may also represent a potential source of HTLV-1 infection in this non-endemic area