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Dharam V. Ablashi (born October 8, 1931) is an American biomedical researcher born in Lahore. He is best known for his co-discovery of Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), an immunosuppressive and neurotropic virus that can cause encephalitis and seizures during a primary infection or when reactivated from latency in immunosuppressed patients.