A Study of Epstein-Barr Virus, and Human Leukocyte Antigen Typing in Children with Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
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: 467-473, 2003.
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em Coreano
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The Epstein-Barr virus(EBV), gamma herpesvirus, is an important pathogen that is widespread around the world. The EBV causes various diseases depending on the geographic location, and on the immunity or the premorbid condition of the person exposed to EBV. To evaluate EBV typing may be the most important step to figure out the pathogenesis of EBV associated diseases, and we need to re-evaluate the pathologic role of human leukocyte antigen(HLA) in developing Epstein-Barr virus associated acute infectious mononucleosis by using newly developed methods.METHODS:
This study included 24 children(age range 6 to 13 years), serologically confirmed with acute infectious mononucleosis. The control group for the HLA type consisted of 200 age-matched healthy children. To classify HLA I, modified ARMs-PCR was used, while modified PCR-SSOP was utilized in typing of HLA II. Also, we performed EBV typing in study patients by using a one-step PCR.RESULTS:
The results of HLA types In HLA class I, HLA-A24 was positive in 69 of 200 healthy children and positive in 14 of 24 patients in the study group(relative risk 3.5724, chi-square; 5.26, P<0.05). In HLA class II, HLA-DRB1*07 was detected in 18 of 200 healthy children, and eight of 24 patients in the study group(relative risk; 506173, chi-square; 9.73, P<0.01). The results of EBV types In the research group, 20(83.8%) of 24 patients were shedding type A virus, while 4(16.7%) were type B.CONCLUSION:
We conclude that development of infectious mononucleosis may be associated with HLA types, and these results suggest that acute infectious mononucleosis could have hereditary traits. And we confirm that type A EBV is highly prevalent in patients with acute infectious mononucleosis in Korea. Also, our results suggest that further large scale studies, including adult groups, regarding the association between pathogenesis of EBV with HLA-DP or HLA-DQ will be warranted.
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Assunto principal:
Antígenos HLA-DP
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Antígenos HLA-DQ
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Herpesvirus Humano 4
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Antígeno HLA-A24
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Mononucleose Infecciosa
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Coreia (Geográfico)
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Leucócitos
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
Limite:
Adulto
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Criança
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
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