No association between human herpesvirus or herpesvirus saimiri and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Quentin Le HingratMada GhanemAurélie CazesBenoit VisseauxGilles CollinDiane DescampsCharlotte CharpentierBruno Crestani

Published in: ERJ open research (2020)

There is a high prevalence of human herpesviruses in lung samples of IPF patients but this does not differ from controls, neither regarding prevalence, viral load levels nor co-infection rates. Herpesvirus saimiri DNA is not detected in any lung samples. https://bit.ly/2ZrKiDJ.

Keyphrases

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
endothelial cells
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
pluripotent stem cells
chronic kidney disease
interstitial lung disease
risk factors
circulating tumor
patient reported outcomes
systemic sclerosis
circulating tumor cells