HHV-6 & 7

• Beta herpes Virus/HHV-6 or 7

  AKA Beta herpes virus

  • Fever w/ short rash
  • Included in classic childhood dx
  • May cause Exantheum Subitum or Roseola infantum
  • Rare cause of infx in adults
  • Most recently detected herpes virus
• Site of latency of Beta herpes virus (HHV-6/7)

  CD4 (T helper)
• HHV-6

  Roseolavirus

  • Roseola infantum
• MOT of HHV-6

  Saliva

  • AKA sixth disease