Challenging the conventional interpretation of HCMV seronegativity

The majority of adults in the world (around 83%) carry antibodies reactive with HCMV and are thought to retain inactive or latent infections lifelong. The virus is transmitted via saliva, so infection events are likely to be common. Indeed, it is hard to imagine a life without exposure to HCMV. From...

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Main Authors: Waters, Shelley, Lee, Silvia, Irish, A., Price, Patricia
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1068652
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89467
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Irish, A.
Price, Patricia
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description The majority of adults in the world (around 83%) carry antibodies reactive with HCMV and are thought to retain inactive or latent infections lifelong. The virus is transmitted via saliva, so infection events are likely to be common. Indeed, it is hard to imagine a life without exposure to HCMV. From 45 seronegative individuals (13 renal transplant recipients, 32 healthy adults), we present seven cases who had detectable HCMV DNA in their blood and/or saliva, or a CMV-encoded homologue of IL-10 (vIL-10) in their plasma. One case displayed NK cells characteristic of CMV infection before her HCMV DNA became undetectable. In other cases, the infection may persist with seroconversion blocked by vIL-10. Future research should seek mechanisms that can prevent an individual from seroconverting despite a persistent HCMV infection, as HCMV vaccines may not work well in such people.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-894672022-11-11T06:39:34Z Challenging the conventional interpretation of HCMV seronegativity Waters, Shelley Lee, Silvia Irish, A. Price, Patricia Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Microbiology human cytomegalovirus seronegative NK cells viral IL-10 HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS INFECTION CELLS INTERLEUKIN-10 ANTIBODY IFI16 The majority of adults in the world (around 83%) carry antibodies reactive with HCMV and are thought to retain inactive or latent infections lifelong. The virus is transmitted via saliva, so infection events are likely to be common. Indeed, it is hard to imagine a life without exposure to HCMV. From 45 seronegative individuals (13 renal transplant recipients, 32 healthy adults), we present seven cases who had detectable HCMV DNA in their blood and/or saliva, or a CMV-encoded homologue of IL-10 (vIL-10) in their plasma. One case displayed NK cells characteristic of CMV infection before her HCMV DNA became undetectable. In other cases, the infection may persist with seroconversion blocked by vIL-10. Future research should seek mechanisms that can prevent an individual from seroconverting despite a persistent HCMV infection, as HCMV vaccines may not work well in such people. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89467 10.3390/microorganisms9112382 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1068652 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microbiology
human cytomegalovirus
seronegative
NK cells
viral IL-10
HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
INFECTION
CELLS
INTERLEUKIN-10
ANTIBODY
IFI16
Waters, Shelley
Lee, Silvia
Irish, A.
Price, Patricia
Challenging the conventional interpretation of HCMV seronegativity
title Challenging the conventional interpretation of HCMV seronegativity
title_full Challenging the conventional interpretation of HCMV seronegativity
title_fullStr Challenging the conventional interpretation of HCMV seronegativity
title_full_unstemmed Challenging the conventional interpretation of HCMV seronegativity
title_short Challenging the conventional interpretation of HCMV seronegativity
title_sort challenging the conventional interpretation of hcmv seronegativity
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microbiology
human cytomegalovirus
seronegative
NK cells
viral IL-10
HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
INFECTION
CELLS
INTERLEUKIN-10
ANTIBODY
IFI16
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1068652
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89467