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Excretion of the Epstein-Barr virus from the genital tract of men.

The Journal of infectious diseases ·Vol. 163 ·No. 6 ·1991-06-00 ·Pages 1341-3

Israele V, Shirley P, Sixbey JW

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction in urethral discharges from 10 (48%) of 21 men attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. Five of the 10 subjects were concurrently excreting virus from their oropharynx. These findings indicate that EBV is shed from more than one mucosal site in seropositive adult males. Involvement of the genital tract raises the possibility of sexual transmission as well as EBV-induced genital tract pathology.

MeSH Terms

Adult Base Sequence DNA, Viral/analysis,chemistry Herpesviridae Infections/microbiology Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics,isolation & purification Humans Male Molecular Sequence Data Oligonucleotide Probes Oropharynx/microbiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid Urethra/microbiology

Chemicals

DNA, Viral Oligonucleotide Probes

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Israele V

Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38101-0318.

Shirley P

Sixbey J W

Article Info

Journal

The Journal of infectious diseases

Abbr.

J Infect Dis

ISSN

0022-1899

DOI

10.1093/infdis/163.6.1341

Published

1991-06-00

Pages

1341-3

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0413675

Subset

Grants

NCI NIH HHS · CA-21765 · United States

NCI NIH HHS · CA-38877 · United States

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1093/infdis/163.6.1341 View journal details

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