objective herpes simplex virus (hsv), one of the most common sexually transmitted disease is a worldwide .this study aimed to prevalence of herpes simplex virus of pregnancy in iran. methods: we searched pubmed, scopus, ovid, science direct and national databases were searched: magiran, iranmedex and science information database (sid) up to october 2015.eventually, we included five studies that...

Multicentric Castleman’s disease (MCD) is a rare systemic lymphoproliferative disorder characterised by polylymphadenopathy, B-symptoms and classical lymph node histological findings. Hypercytokinemia, particularly interleukin-6 (IL-6), secondary to human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8) infection is key to the pathogenesis of MCD. However, MCD can occur independent of HHV-8 an entity known as idiopathic...

Multicentric Castleman’s disease (MCD) is a rare systemic lymphoproliferative disorder characterised by polylymphadenopathy, B-symptoms and classical lymph node histological findings. Hypercytokinemia, particularly interleukin-6 (IL-6), secondary to human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8) infection is key to the pathogenesis of MCD. However, MCD can occur independent of HHV-8 an entity known as idiopathic...

Investigations of serum antibody status to the five human herpesviruses--herpes simplex virus type 1, herpes simplex virus type 2, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and varicella-zoster virus--were conducted on 197 Navajo children, aged 1-15 years, at a reservation pediatric outpatient clinic in Crownpoint, New Mexico, from 1981-1984. To determine the severity of infection with the human her...

INTRODUCTION To review measles IgM-positive cases of febrile rash illnesses in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, over the five-year period following interruption of measles virus transmission. METHODS We reviewed 463 measles IgM-positive cases of febrile rash illness in the State of São Paulo, from 2000 to 2004. Individuals vaccinated against measles < or = 56 days prior to specimen collection ...

Background: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis is the most common cause of sporadic encephalitis, with significant morbidity and mortality that are effectively reduced by antiviral treatment. Herpes simplex infection in pregnant women rarely results in encephalitis. The most common symptoms of a pregnant woman with herpes simplex infection are colds and skin vesicles. Herpetic encephalitis...

purpose: to present a case of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (hzo) with consequent posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (pion). case report: a 58-year-old woman with a history of hzo in her right eye which was under treatment presented with loss of vision to no light perception. on examination, positive relative afferent pupillary defect was detected; however the optic disc was normal on ophthalmosc...