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Endogenous human herpesviruses 6A/B.

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Flamand, L; Arbuckle, J; Bonnafous, P; Descamps, V; Hill, JA; Jarrett, R; Jerome, K; Kaufer, BB; Koide, R; Komaroff, AL; Medveczky, P; Mori, Y ...
Published in: Journal of virology
September 2025

Human herpesviruses 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) can integrate into the germline, resulting in inherited viral DNA-now proposed to be called "endogenous HHV-6A/B (eHHV-6A/B)." Present in 0.2-3% of humans, this integrated DNA is passed to offspring and may reactivate, posing health risks such as angina or lupus. To reduce confusion caused by varied terminology, researchers advocate using "eHHV-6A/B" for inherited forms and reserving "chromosomally integrated" for somatic integrations only.

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Published In

Journal of virology

DOI

EISSN

1098-5514

ISSN

0022-538X

Publication Date

September 2025

Volume

99

Issue

9

Start / End Page

e0105425

Related Subject Headings

  • Virus Integration
  • Virology
  • Roseolovirus Infections
  • Humans
  • Herpesvirus 6, Human
  • DNA, Viral
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Flamand, L., Arbuckle, J., Bonnafous, P., Descamps, V., Hill, J. A., Jarrett, R., … Zerr, D. M. (2025). Endogenous human herpesviruses 6A/B. Journal of Virology, 99(9), e0105425. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01054-25
Flamand, Louis, Jesse Arbuckle, Pascale Bonnafous, Vincent Descamps, Joshua A. Hill, Ruth Jarrett, Keith Jerome, et al. “Endogenous human herpesviruses 6A/B.Journal of Virology 99, no. 9 (September 2025): e0105425. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01054-25.
Flamand L, Arbuckle J, Bonnafous P, Descamps V, Hill JA, Jarrett R, et al. Endogenous human herpesviruses 6A/B. Journal of virology. 2025 Sep;99(9):e0105425.
Flamand, Louis, et al. “Endogenous human herpesviruses 6A/B.Journal of Virology, vol. 99, no. 9, Sept. 2025, p. e0105425. Epmc, doi:10.1128/jvi.01054-25.
Flamand L, Arbuckle J, Bonnafous P, Descamps V, Hill JA, Jarrett R, Jerome K, Kaufer BB, Koide R, Komaroff AL, Medveczky P, Miura H, Mori Y, Parrish N, Pellett PE, Wood M, Yoshikawa T, Zerr DM. Endogenous human herpesviruses 6A/B. Journal of virology. 2025 Sep;99(9):e0105425.

Published In

Journal of virology

DOI

EISSN

1098-5514

ISSN

0022-538X

Publication Date

September 2025

Volume

99

Issue

9

Start / End Page

e0105425

Related Subject Headings

  • Virus Integration
  • Virology
  • Roseolovirus Infections
  • Humans
  • Herpesvirus 6, Human
  • DNA, Viral
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences