Rasha A. Osman

Seroprevalence of Human Herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) IgM among Healthy Blood Donors in Eastern Sudan: A Cross-sectional Study

Doaa Mohammed Elhassan Burei Musa, Abdelrhman A. Mohammed, Yasir B. Ahmed, Duaa H. Ibrahim, Ghanem Mohammed Mahjaf, Rasha A. Osman & Nadir M. Abuzeid · International Journal of Pathogen Research · 2026

Background: Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is a ubiquitous β-herpesvirus that establishes lifelong latency following primary infection, usually acquired during early childhood. Although infection is often asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals, HHV-6 may pose a transfusion-tran...