Owyn Beneker

Jun 27, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Meriam Guellil |Lucy van Dorp |Lehti Saag |Owyn Beneker

AbstractHuman betaherpesviruses 6A and 6B are double-stranded DNA viruses, specialised in infecting humans and are best known as the main causative pathogens of the common childhood infection 'sixth disease'. Despite only being discovered in the 1980s, these viruses are speculated to have a much longer and more complex history within the human population than available modern data make clear.