Cândida Abreu, Pedro Palma, Beatriz Prista-Leão, Isabel Abreu, Rosário Costa, Joana Sobrinho-Simões, Maria João Cardoso, Cláudia Camila Dias, António Sarmento, Fernando Magro
BACKGROUND: The interplay between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and DNA viruses, such as Epstein-Barr (EBV), human parvovirus B19 (HPVB19) and human herpes type 6 (HHV6) is scarcely studied. The main aim of this prospective study is to screen for EBV, HSV6, and HPVB19 DNA viremia in adult patients with stable Crohn's disease (CD), correlating the results with IBD treatment. METHODS: From July 2015 - March 2017, 100 patients were enrolled and divided in four groups of 25 participants each, according to in course treatment...
August 2020: Journal of Clinical Virology