Human herpes viruses are associated with classic fever of unknown origin (FUO) in Beijing patients.

Few reports have examined the viral aetiology of fever of unknown origin (FUO).This study determined the prevalence of human herpes virus (HHV) DNA in blood of Chinese patients with classic FUO using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and explored the possible role of HHV.Blood samples were collect...

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Main Authors: Weimin Zhou, Xinyi Tan, Yamin Li, Wenjie Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4081597?pdf=render