DETECTION OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6(HHV-6) DNA IN SALIVARY GLANDS BY THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

1997 
To assess the presence of HHV-6-Speeific DNA in human salivary glands, eighteen specimens of salivary gland tissue were investigated using the polymerase chain reaction, Eight of nine parotld glands, live of seven submandibular glands and one of two sublingual glands were tound to have amphfleation of the HHV-6-speeitlc sequence. The tindings suggest that salivary gland tissue is one of the potential sites for HHV-6 persistence following primary injection and that saliva is a vehicle for transmission of the virus.
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