Associations Between Salivary Bacteriome Diversity and Salivary Human Herpesvirus Detection in Early Childhood: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Freida A BlosteinSydney FooteElizabeth SalzmanDaniel W McNeilMary L MarazitaEmily T MartinBetsy FoxmanPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2021)
CMV, HHV6, EBV, HHV7, and HSV1 were detected in the saliva during the first 2 years of life. Time to first detection of CMV and HHV6 was associated with salivary bacteriome diversity, suggesting a possible interaction between HHVs and the salivary bacteriome.