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  • Title: [Herpetic viruses and renal transplantation].
    Author: Morrone LF, Capurso D, D'Elia F, Di Paolo S, Grandaliano G, Marangi AL, Schena A, Stallone G, Tarantino G, Gruppo di Studio Apulo-Lucano sul Trapianto Renale.
    Journal: G Ital Nefrol; 2002; 19(3):316-25. PubMed ID: 12195400.
    Abstract:
    Over the last few years emerging evidence indicate the involvement of herpes viruses in the pathogenesis of several medical complications in transplanted patients. Herpes viruses are transmitted via inter-human contact and cause a primary infection, which commonly fails to give clinical signs and may persist even for years in a latent state in healthy subjects. In transplanted patients, herpes viruses may be transmitted through the transplanted organ or may be reactivated because of the use of powerful immunosuppressive drugs. Moreover, the persistence of immunosuppression greatly favours the clinical expression and severity of virus infection. Thus, herpes viruses seem to be involved in both acute and chronic deterioration of graft function, in the pathogenesis of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders and Kaposi sarcoma, and even in vessel atherosclerosis. This review will focus on relevant clinical aspects of herpes-virus infection, namely cytomegalovirus, EBV, herpes simplex 1 and 2, varicella zoster virus, HHV-6, HHV-7 and HHV-8, in kidney transplanted patients.
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