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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Apr 17;148(2):381–393. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.03.045

TABLE I.

Clinical characteristics

ID Sex Viruses eliciting severe disease HLH or HLH-like disease Organs affected Age at last FU Outcome
Liver CNS Kidney Lung
P1.1 F + + 2 y 8 mo Dead
P1.2 F Influenza A + + + + 15 y Dead
P1.3 M Influenza A + + + + 1 y 2 mo Dead
P2.1 F + + + 14 y Alive
P2.2 M RSV Influenza A + + (+) + + 3 mo Dead
P3.1 F NA NA NA + NA NA 5 mo Dead
P3.2 M Norovirus HHV6 + + + + + 1 y Dead
P4.1 F ADV + + + + + 8 mo Dead
P4.2 M ADV Parainfluenza + + + + 8 y Alive
P5.1 M HHV6 (+CMV) + + + + + 3 mo Dead
P5.2 F HHV6 (+Sapovirus, rhinovirus) + + + + 1 y 4 mo Dead
P6.1 M Sepsis, germ not identified + + + 9 y Dead
P7.1 F Vaccine strain measles (+EBV) Influenza B + + + + + 3 y Alive
P8.1 F CMV + + + + + 8y Dead
P8.2 M Vaccine strain VZV Influenza A + + + + 7 y Alive
Summary F/M, 8:7 Negative ssRNA viruses: 10
Positive ssRNA viruses: 2
dsRNA viruses: 1
dsDNA viruses: 7
n = 10 n = 14 n = 11 n = 11 n = 13 Alive/dead
4:11

ADV, Adenovirus; CMV, cytomegalovirus; CNS, central nervous system; dsDNA, double-stranded DNA; F, female; FU, follow-up; HHV6, human herpes virus type 6; HLH, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; ID, identifier; M, male; NA, not available; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; SAP, SLAM-associated protein; VZV, varicella zoster virus.