2008
Herpesvirus prevalence and viral load in healthy blood donors by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction
Hudnall SD, Chen T, Allison P, Tyring SK, Heath A. Herpesvirus prevalence and viral load in healthy blood donors by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction. Transfusion 2008, 48: 1180-1187. PMID: 18422852, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01685.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpstein-Barr virusVaricella-zoster virusHealthy adult blood donorsAdult blood donorsBlood donorsHHV-6Human herpesvirusesViral loadHHV-7Primary infectionDonor samplesMedian viral loadHHV-6 DNAHealthy blood donorsHHV-8 DNAViral DNA loadReal-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionHerpes simplex virus 1Single-donor samplesSimplex virus 1Polymerase chain reaction assaysReal-time polymerase chain reaction assaysTransfusion recipientsActive infection
2006
Anatomical mapping of human herpesvirus reservoirs of infection
Chen T, Hudnall SD. Anatomical mapping of human herpesvirus reservoirs of infection. Modern Pathology 2006, 19: 726-737. PMID: 16528368, DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAnal CanalAutopsyCytomegalovirusDNA, ViralFemaleHerpesviridaeHerpesviridae InfectionsHerpesvirus 1, HumanHerpesvirus 2, HumanHerpesvirus 3, HumanHerpesvirus 4, HumanHerpesvirus 6, HumanHerpesvirus 7, HumanHerpesvirus 8, HumanHumansIntestinesMaleMiddle AgedNasal MucosaNervous SystemThyroid GlandConceptsHHV-6Whole blood specimensHSV-1Lymph nodesHHV-7Nasal mucosaAnatomic sitesHuman herpesvirusesHIV-AIDSActive herpesvirus infectionHSV-1 positivitySalivary glandsMajor anatomic sitesMiddle-aged malesTime of deathCardiac arrestHHV-8Adrenal glandElderly malesPrimary infectionHSV-2Urinary bladderHerpesvirus infectionAnatomical mappingBone marrow
2004
Species identification of all eight human herpesviruses with a single nested PCR assay
Hudnall SD, Chen T, Tyring SK. Species identification of all eight human herpesviruses with a single nested PCR assay. Journal Of Virological Methods 2004, 116: 19-26. PMID: 14715303, DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2003.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCytomegalovirusDNA PrimersDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayHerpesviridaeHerpesvirus 1, HumanHerpesvirus 2, HumanHerpesvirus 3, HumanHerpesvirus 4, HumanHerpesvirus 6, HumanHerpesvirus 7, HumanHerpesvirus 8, HumanHeteroduplex AnalysisHumansNucleic Acid HybridizationPolymerase Chain ReactionConceptsHuman herpesvirusesPolymerase chain reactionHHV-6 subtypesClinical materialSignificant morbidityViral culturePrimary infectionLatent persistenceMultiple herpesvirusesChemiluminescent dot blot hybridizationChain reactionHeteroduplex mobilityHuman hostHerpesvirus detectionDot blot hybridizationHerpesvirusHerpesvirus DNA polymerase gene