STRESS, LONELINESS, AND CHANGES IN HERPESVIRUS LATENCY
STRESS, LONELINESS, AND CHANGES IN HERPESVIRUS LATENCY
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00870312
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发表时间:
1985-09-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
HOLLIDAY, JE
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作者:
GLASER, R;KIECOLTGLASER, JK;HOLLIDAY, JE
Tihs study used a prospective design to examine the influence of examination stress and loneliness on herpesvirus latency as measured by changes in antibody levels to three herpesviruses, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Herpes simplex type I (HSV-1), and cytomegalovirus (CMV). Three blood samples were obtained from 49 first-year medical students, with the first sample drawn 1 month before final examinations, the second on the first day of final examinations, and the third during the first week after their return from summer vacation. A median split on the UCLA Lonliness Scale divided sujects into high- and low-scoring lonliness groups. There were significant changes in the antibody titers to all three herpesvirus across the sample points, with the lowest levels found in the third (low stress) sample. High-lonliness subjects had significantly higher EBV antibody titers than low-loneliness subjects. These data suggest that stress-related immunosuppression can significantly modulate herpesvirus latency.