Expression of Ebolavirus glycoprotein on the target cells enhances viral entry.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Swine-origin virus infection spreading widely could cause significant economic loss to porcine industry. Novel antiviral agents need to be developed to control this situation. METHODS:In this study, we evaluated the activities of five broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) against several important sw...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Hu H,Guo N,Chen S,Guo X,Liu X,Ye S,Chai Q,Wang Y,Liu B,He Q

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A TaqMan-based real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was devised for the detection of porcine parvovirus (PPV). Two primers and a TaqMan probe for the non-structural protein NS1 gene were designed. The detection limit was 1 x 10² DNA copies/μL, and the assay was linear in the range of 1 x 10² to 1 x 10⁹ copi...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Song C,Zhu C,Zhang C,Cui S

更新日期：2010-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human polyomavirus BK expresses a 66 amino-acid peptide referred to as agnoprotein. Though mutants lacking agnoprotein are severely reduced in producing infectious virions, the exact function of this peptide remains incompletely understood. To elucidate the function of agnoprotein, we searched for novel ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Gerits N,Johannessen M,Tümmler C,Walquist M,Kostenko S,Snapkov I,van Loon B,Ferrari E,Hübscher U,Moens U

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is one of the most common viral sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. The first time infection of the mother may lead to severe illness in pregnancy and may be associated with virus transmission from mother to foetus/newborn. Since the incidence of this sexually transmitted infe...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Anzivino E,Fioriti D,Mischitelli M,Bellizzi A,Barucca V,Chiarini F,Pietropaolo V

更新日期：2009-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (AIV) subtype H5N1 remains a threat to poultry. Duck enteritis virus (DEV)-vectored vaccines expressing AIV H5N1 hemagglutinin (HA) may be viable AIV and DEV vaccine candidates. METHODS:To facilitate the generation and further improvement of DEV-vectored HA(H5) vaccin...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Wang J,Ge A,Xu M,Wang Z,Qiao Y,Gu Y,Liu C,Liu Y,Hou J

更新日期：2015-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inteins are "protein introns" that remove themselves from their host proteins through an autocatalytic protein-splicing. After their discovery, inteins have been quickly identified in all domains of life, but only once to date in the genome of a eukaryote-infecting virus. RESULTS:Here we report the identifi...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Ogata H,Raoult D,Claverie JM

更新日期：2005-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) is a complex retrovirus and the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The HIV-1 Vpu protein is an oligomeric integral membrane protein essential for particle release, viral load and CD4 degradation. In silico models show Vpu to form penta...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Hussain A,Das SR,Tanwar C,Jameel S

更新日期：2007-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) congenital infection is the major viral cause of well-documented birth defects in human. Because CMV is species-specific, the main obstacle to developing animal models for congenital infection is the difference in placental architecture, which preludes virus transmission across the plac...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Loh HS,Mohd-Lila MA,Abdul-Rahman SO,Kiew LJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human herpesviruses have been hypothesized as environmental triggers in the development of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD), and in particular active human herpesvirus 6A (HHV-6A) infection was detected in thyrocytes of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) patients, who also show specific anti-viral immune respons...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Caselli E,D'Accolti M,Soffritti I,Zatelli MC,Rossi R,Degli Uberti E,Di Luca D

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The suitability of V4 vaccine coated on cracked local grain (maize) and its husks and used for oral vaccination of chickens was assessed. Seventy-two (72) birds aged three (3) weeks and above were divided into six groups of twelve (12) birds per group. The birds were bled to determine their prevaccination HI antibody ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Olabode AO,Ndako JA,Echeonwu GO,Nwankiti OO,Chukwuedo AA

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral diseases constitute obstacles to pepper production in the world. In Nigeria, pepper plants are primarily affected by pepper veinal mottle virus (PVMV), Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Pepper leaf curl Virus (TLCV), Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), Pepper mottle virus (PMV) and a host of other viruses. The experiment was...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Arogundade O,Balogun OS,Kareem KT

更新日期：2012-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The threat of recurring influenza pandemics caused by new viral strains and the occurrence of escape mutants necessitate the search for potent therapeutic targets. The dependence of viruses on cellular factors provides a weak-spot in the viral multiplication strategy and a means to interfere with viral multi...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Sun L,Hemgård GV,Susanto SA,Wirth M

更新日期：2010-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier, we detected viral RNAs packaged in the porcine adenovirus (PAdV) -3 virions. Using Southern blot analysis, we further demonstrated that the viral RNAs were predominantly packaged in CsCl purified mature capsids (containing viral genome) than empty/intermediate capsids. Some of the packaged viral RNAs appear t...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Xing L,Tikoo SK

更新日期：2009-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Duck circovirus (DuCV) infection in farmed ducks is associated with growth problems or retardation syndromes. Rapid identification of DuCV infected ducks is essential to control DuCV effectively. Therefore, this study aims to develop of an assay for DuCV to be highly specific, sensitive, and simple without a...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Xie L,Xie Z,Zhao G,Liu J,Pang Y,Deng X,Xie Z,Fan Q,Luo S

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) onset, caused by Polyomavirus JC (JCPyV) in patients affected by immune-mediated diseases during biological treatment, raised concerns about the safety profile of these agents. Therefore, the aims of this study were the JCPyV reactivation monitoring and the no...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Bellizzi A,Anzivino E,Rodio DM,Cioccolo S,Scrivo R,Morreale M,Pontecorvo S,Ferrari F,Di Nardo G,Nencioni L,Carluccio S,Valesini G,Francia A,Cucchiara S,Palamara AT,Pietropaolo V

更新日期：2013-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ESCRT (endosomal sorting complex required for transport) machinery functions to sort cellular receptors into the lumen of the multivesicular body (MVB) prior to lysosomal degradation. ESCRT components can also be recruited by enveloped viruses to sites of viral assembly where they have been proposed to m...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Valiathan RR,Resh MD

更新日期：2008-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tembusu virus is a newly emerging flavivirus that caused egg-drop syndrome in ducks in China. TMUV envelope protein is a major structural protein locates at the surface of tembusu virus particle. During tembusu virus infection, envelope protein plays a pivotal role in induction of neutralizing antibody. Howe...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Zhao D,Han K,Huang X,Zhang L,Wang H,Liu N,Tian Y,Liu Q,Yang J,Liu Y,Li Y

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protease inhibitors (PIs) to treat hepatitis C (HCV) virus infection have been approved and others are under development. RESULTS:The aims of this study were to illustrate natural polymorphisms in the HCV protease and measure the frequency of PI resistance mutations in different HCV genotypes from PI-naïve ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Paolucci S,Fiorina L,Piralla A,Gulminetti R,Novati S,Barbarini G,Sacchi P,Gatti M,Dossena L,Baldanti F

更新日期：2012-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues and organs may help to overcome the shortage of human tissues and organs for the treatment of tissue and organ failure. Progress in the prevention of immunological rejection using genetically modified pigs and new, more effective, immunosuppression regimens will a...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Denner J

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For years, the understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms that underlie honey bee viral diseases has been severely hindered because of the lack of a cell culture system for virus propagation. As a result, it is very imperative to develop new methods that would permit the in vitro pathogenesis study of hone...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Boncristiani HF Jr,Di Prisco G,Pettis JS,Hamilton M,Chen YP

更新日期：2009-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease of livestock which causes severe economic loss in cloven-hoofed animals. Vaccination is still a major strategy in developing countries to control FMD. Currently, inactivated vaccine of FMDV has been used in many countries with limited success and sa...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Cao Y,Lu Z,Sun P,Fu Y,Tian F,Hao X,Bao H,Liu X,Liu Z

更新日期：2011-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms through which the avian influenza virus H5N1 modulate the host's innate immune defense during invasion, remains incompletely understood. RIG-I as a pattern recognition receptor plays an important role in mediating innate immune response induced by influenza virus. So, modulating RIG-I might be...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Mi Z,Ma Y,Tong Y

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) diseases are known to be zoonotic diseases that can infect different kinds of animals. The transmissibility of TSE, like that of other infectious diseases, shows marked species barrier, either being unable to infect heterologous species or difficult to form trans...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Shi Q,Zhang BY,Gao C,Zhang J,Jiang HY,Chen C,Han J,Dong XP

更新日期：2012-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype F (HBV/F) is considered to be indigenous to the Americas, but its emergence and spread in the continent remain unknown. Previously, only two HBV/F complete genome sequences from Brazil were available, limiting the contribution of Brazilian isolates to the phylogenetic studies...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Mello FC,Araujo OC,Lago BV,Motta-Castro AR,Moraes MT,Gomes SA,Bello G,Araujo NM

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of the worlds' population is in active or imminent danger from established infectious pathogens, while sporadic and pandemic infections by these and emerging agents threaten everyone. RNA polymerases (RNApol) generate enormous genetic and consequent antigenic heterogeneity permitting both viruses and cellular pat...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Sallie R

更新日期：2005-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. Early detection and diagnosis play an important role in secondary prevention of cervical cancer. This study aims to provide more information to develop an effective strategy for the prevention and control of cervical cancer in northern China. METHOD...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Liu Y,Ang Q,Wu H,Xu J,Chen D,Zhao H,Liu H,Guo X,Gu Y,Qiu H

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) is an important fish pathogen that causes high mortality in farmed Atlantic salmon. The ISAV genome consists of eight single-stranded, negative-sense RNA segments. The six largest segments contain one open reading frame (ORF) each, and encode three polymerase proteins, n...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Zhang W,Cai C,Lin L,Tao YJ,Jin M

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most of the non-B HIV-1 subtypes are predominant in Sub-Saharan Africa and India although they have been found worldwide. In the last decade, immigration from these areas has increased considerably in Spain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of non-B subtypes circulating in a cohort ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： de Felipe B,Pérez-Romero P,Abad-Fernández M,Fernandez-Cuenca F,Martinez-Fernandez FJ,Trastoy M,Mata Rdel C,López-Cortés LF,Leal M,Viciana P,Vallejo A

更新日期：2011-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:hyaluronic acid (HA), a non-sulphated glycosaminoglycan, is present in synovial fluid, vitreous humour serum and many connective tissues. Pharmaceutical preparations of HA are used in clinical practice for wound healing, joint pain, kerato-conjunctivitis, asthma, mouth care, oesophageal-reflux, and gastritis...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Cermelli C,Cuoghi A,Scuri M,Bettua C,Neglia RG,Ardizzoni A,Blasi E,Iannitti T,Palmieri B

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human enterovirus (EV) and parechovirus (HPeV) are significant causes of encephalitis and meningitis in children. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, type and viral RNA concentration of EV and HPeV in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples in an unselected cohort of patients <18 years admitted ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Vollbach S,Müller A,Drexler JF,Simon A,Drosten C,Eis-Hübinger AM,Panning M

更新日期：2015-11-25 00:00:00