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. 2021 Sep 3;9(9):1870. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9091870

Table 1.

Prevalence of human herpesvirus DNA in colonic mucosa of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Scheme Location Duration Study Design Cohort Samples Methods Results
Van Kruiningen HJ et al.,
2007 [24]
Belgium and France Data unknown Data unknown CD: 70
Ctrl: 41
Surgical resection specimens Conventional PCR CD
HSV-1: 0%
HSV-2: 0%
EBV: 15.7%
CMV: 1.4%
HHV-8: 0%
Ctrl
HSV-1: 0%
HSV-2: 0%
EBV: 7.3%
CMV: 2.4%
HHV-8: 0%
Ciccocioppo R et al.,
2016 [25]
Italy Data unknown Prospective Responder IBD: 30
Refractory IBD: 20
(UC: 35, CD: 15)
Ctrl: 25
Colonic LPMCs Real-time PCR Responder IBD
EBV: 66%
CMV: 28%
Refractory IBD
EBV: 100%
CMV: 48%
Ctrl
EBV: 28%
CMV: 20%
Shimada T et al.,
2017 [26]
Japan 2011–2015 Retrospective IBD: 41
(UC: 33, CD: 8)
Mucosal biopsy samples from colon Real-time PCR IBD
HSV-1: 0%
HSV-2: 0%
VZV: 0%
EBV: 53.7%
CMV: 24.4%
HHV-6: 39%
HHV-7: 39%
HHV-8: 0%
Hosomi S et al.,
2018 [8]
Japan 2007–2010 Retrospective UC: 66
CD: 54
Ctrl: 29
Mucosal biopsy samples/
mucosa from surgical resected specimens
Multiplex PCR UC
HSV-1/2: 0%
VZV: 0%
EBV: 21.2%
CMV: 15.2%
HHV-6: 9.1%
HHV-7: 1.5%
CD
HSV-1/2: 0%
VZV: 0%
EBV: 9.3%
CMV: 0%
HHV-6: 9.3%
HHV-7: 3.7%
Ctrl
HSV-1/2: 0%
VZV: 0%
EBV: 0%
CMV: 3.4%
HHV-6: 6.9%
HHV-7: 0%

CD: Crohn’s disease, CMV: cytomegalovirus, Ctrl: control, EBV: Epstein-Barr virus, HHV: human herpesvirus, HSV: herpes simplex virus, IBD: inflammatory bowel disease, LPMCs: lamina propria mononuclear cells, PCR: polymerase chain reaction, UC: ulcerative colitis, VZV: varicella-zoster virus.