HHV-6-HERV-K18 as the Cause/Trigger (Whatever You Want To Call It) of Serious Digestive Disorders in AIDS/CFS/etc.

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Human herpesvirus 6B infection of the large intestine of patients with diarrhea.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12491213

Colitis in a renal transplant patient with human herpesvirus-6 infection.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17116137 

Case report: severe gastrointestinal inflammation and persistent HHV-6B infection in a paediatric cancer patient.

 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17939902

Case report: human herpesvirus 6 reactivation associated with colitis in a lung transplant recipient.

 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18712834

HHV-6B is frequently found in the gastrointestinal tract in kidney transplantation patients.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22616807

Possible interference of human beta-herpesviruses-6 and -7 in gastrointestinal cancer development.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23828382

 

HHV-6 antigen and HHV-6 DNA expression in sporadic adenomatous polyps of the colon. 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24099308

 

Detection and quantification of EBV, HHV-6 and CMV DNA in the gastrointestinal tract of HIV-positive patients.

 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25326253

 

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