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Detection of human cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in coronary atherosclerotic tissue
Fecha
2010Registro en:
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v.41, n.3, p.563-566, 2010
1517-8382
10.1590/S1517-83822010000300004
Autor
IMBRONITO, Ana Vitória
MARCELINO, Silvia Linardi
GRANDE, Sabrina Rosa
NUNES, Fabio Daumas
ROMITO, Giuseppe Alexandre
Institución
Resumen
Previous studies indicated that patients with atherosclerosis are predominantly infected by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), but rarely infected by type 1 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV-1). In this study, atheromas of 30 patients who underwent aortocoronary bypass surgery with coronary endartherectomy were tested for the presence of these two viruses. HCMV occurred in 93.3% of the samples and EBV-1 was present in 50% of them. Concurrent presence of both pathogens was detected in 43.3% of the samples.