Is ultra-violet radiation the main force shaping molecular evolution of varicella-zoster virus?

abstract：:Remarkable progress has been made during the past ten years in elucidating the structure of the bacteriophage T4 tail by a combination of three-dimensional image reconstruction from electron micrographs and X-ray crystallography of the components. Partial and complete structures of nine out of twenty tail structural p...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Leiman PG,Arisaka F,van Raaij MJ,Kostyuchenko VA,Aksyuk AA,Kanamaru S,Rossmann MG

更新日期：2010-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:T4 phage is a model species that has contributed broadly to our understanding of molecular biology. T4 DNA replication and packaging share various mechanisms with human double-stranded DNA viruses such as herpes virus. The literature indicates that T4-like phage genomes have permuted terminal sequences, and ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Jiang X,Jiang H,Li C,Wang S,Mi Z,An X,Chen J,Tong Y

更新日期：2011-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-infection of multiple genotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV) is commonly observed among women with abnormal cervical cytology, but how different HPVs interact with each other in the same cell is not clearly understood. A previous study using cultured keratinocytes revealed that genome replication of one ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Mori S,Kusumoto-Matsuo R,Ishii Y,Takeuchi T,Kukimoto I

更新日期：2014-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ticks are implicated as hosts to a wide range of animal and human pathogens. The full range of microbes harbored by ticks has not yet been fully explored. METHODS:As part of a viral surveillance and discovery project in arthropods, we used unbiased high-throughput sequencing to examine viromes of ticks coll...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Tokarz R,Sameroff S,Leon MS,Jain K,Lipkin WI

更新日期：2014-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mumps virus is a negative-sense, single stranded RNA virus consisting of a ribonucleocapsid core enveloped by a lipid membrane derived from host cell, which causes mumps disease preventable by vaccination. Since virus lipid envelope and glycosylation pattern are not encoded by the virus but dependent on the ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Brgles M,Bonta M,Šantak M,Jagušić M,Forčić D,Halassy B,Allmaier G,Marchetti-Deschmann M

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Six major Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and hundreds of subtypes have been identified globally. All these genotypes are generally studied for epidemiology, their vaccine development and clinical management. This article comments the frequency distribution of various HCV genotypes circulate in different areas/distr...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Ali A,Ahmed H,Idrees M

更新日期：2010-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Begomoviruses have emerged as serious problem for vegetable and fiber crops in the recent past, frequently in tropical and subtropical region of the world. The association of begomovirus with eggplant yellow mosaic disease is hitherto unknown apart from one report from Thailand. A survey in Nagpur, Central I...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Pratap D,Kashikar AR,Mukherjee SK

更新日期：2011-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the relationship between enteroviruses and hospitalized children with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) complicated with nervous system disease. 234 hospitalized HFMD patients treated in Shengjing Hospital, Liaoning Province were analyzed retrospectively. Based on the presence and severity of ne...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Xu W,Liu CF,Yan L,Li JJ,Wang LJ,Qi Y,Cheng RB,Xiong XY

更新日期：2012-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV expressed in genital secretions provides the inoculum from which transmitting variants are selected, both in sexual transmission and mother-to-infant transmission during partuition. Characterization of HIV levels and genotypes found in vaginal secretions and the impact of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) on this viru...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Randolph TC,Kissinger PJ,Clark RA,Lacour N,Amedee AM

更新日期：2008-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes acute viral encephalitis in humans. Pigs are important amplifier hosts of JEV. Emerging evidence indicates that host microRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in modulating viral infection and pathogenesis. However, mechanistic studies deli...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Yang S,Pei Y,Li X,Zhao S,Zhu M,Zhao A

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Virology Journal is an exclusively on-line, Open Access journal devoted to the presentation of high-quality original research concerning human, animal, plant, insect bacterial, and fungal viruses. Virology Journal will establish a strategic alternative to the traditional virology communication process. ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Garry RF

更新日期：2004-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The VP2 outer capsid protein Bluetongue Virus (BTV) is responsible for receptor binding, haemagglutination and eliciting host-specific immunity. However, the assembly of this outer capsid protein on the transcriptionally active viral core would block transcription of the virus. Thus assembly of the outer cap...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Bhattacharya B,Noad RJ,Roy P

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Taiwan has been considered free from canine parvovirus type 2c (CPV-2c) based on the last report of canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) surveillance. However, since January 2015, the first report of CPV-2c in a puppy has occurred in Taiwan. There is currently limited information about the CPV-2c variant in Taiw...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Chiang SY,Wu HY,Chiou MT,Chang MC,Lin CN

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:An 80-year-old man with no history of an immune-compromising disorder was diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). He presented with dysphagia and left-sided weakness; magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated marked signal abnormality in the subcortical white matter of the left frontal lobe and ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Vaklavas C,Sotelo-Rafiq EP,Lovy J,Escobar MA,Tsimberidou AM

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Viruses interact with host cellular factors to construct a more favourable environment for their efficient replication. Expression of cyclophilin B (CypB), a cellular peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase), was found to be significantly up-regulated. Recently, a number of studies have shown that CypB i...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Zhao K,Li J,He W,Song D,Zhang X,Zhang D,Zhou Y,Gao F

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus (CCHFV), a member of the genus Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae, is a tick-borne pathogen causing severe disease in humans. To better understand the CCHFV life cycle and explore potential intervention strategies, we studied the biosynthesis and intracellular targeting of ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Haferkamp S,Fernando L,Schwarz TF,Feldmann H,Flick R

更新日期：2005-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudorabies virus (PRV) of the family Herpesviridae is the causative agent of Aujeszky's disease. Attenuation of PRV by serial passaging in vitro is a well-established method; however, the dynamic variations occurring on viral genome during this process have not been characterized. METHODS:Genome sequencin...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Ye C,Wu J,Tong W,Shan T,Cheng X,Xu J,Liang C,Zheng H,Li G,Tong G

更新日期：2018-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aleutian mink disease has major economic consequences on the mink farming industry worldwide, as it causes a disease that affects both the fur quality and the health and welfare of the mink. The virus causing this disease is a single-stranded DNA virus of the genus Amdoparvovirus belonging to the family of P...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Ryt-Hansen P,Hagberg EE,Chriél M,Struve T,Pedersen AG,Larsen LE,Hjulsager CK

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a recent resurgent interest in bacteriophage biology. Research was initiated to examine Campylobacter jejuni-specific bacteriophage in the Russian Federation to develop alternative control measures for this pathogen. RESULTS:A C. jejuni flagellum-specific phage PV22 from Proteus vulgaris was ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Zhilenkov EL,Popova VM,Popov DV,Zavalsky LY,Svetoch EA,Stern NJ,Seal BS

更新日期：2006-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been the subject of intense research and clinical investigation as its major role in human disease has emerged. HCV circulates in vivo as a complex population of different but closely related viral variants, commonly referred to as a quasispecies. The extent to which recombina...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Moreno MP,Casane D,López L,Cristina J

更新日期：2006-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomaviruses (HPVs), a group of non-enveloped small viruses with double-stranded circular DNA which lead to multiple skin diseases such as benign warts, are commonly seen in clinics. The current HPV detection systems aim mainly at mucosal HPVs, however, an efficient clinical approach for cutaneous ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Wang Y,Ge G,Mao R,Wang Z,Sun YZ,Du YG,Gao XH,Qi RQ,Chen HD

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Entry of Ebolavirus to the target cells is mediated by the viral glycoprotein GP. The native GP exists as a homotrimer on the virions and contains two subunits, a surface subunit (GP1) that is involved in receptor binding and a transmembrane subunit (GP2) that mediates the virus-host membrane fusion. Previou...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Manicassamy B,Rong L

更新日期：2009-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza virus continues to cause significant hospitalization rates in infants and young children. A 2-dose regime of trivalent inactivated vaccine is required to generate protective levels of hemagglutination inhibiting (HAI) antibodies. A vaccine preparation with enhanced immunogenicity is therefore desir...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Harris K,Ream R,Gao J,Eichelberger MC

更新日期：2011-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected patients are frequently repeatedly exposed to the virus, but very few recombinants between two genotypes have been reported. FINDINGS:We describe the discovery of an HCV recombinant using a method developed in a United States clinical lab for HCV genotyping that employs sequ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Bhattacharya D,Accola MA,Ansari IH,Striker R,Rehrauer WM

更新日期：2011-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) on reducing the risk of long-term complications (LTCs) remains unclear so far. To study whether long-term nucleos(t)ide analogues therapy can reduce the risk of long-term complications. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, OVID, the Cochrane Centr...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Zhang QQ,An X,Liu YH,Li SY,Zhong Q,Wang J,Hu HD,Zhang DZ,Ren H,Hu P

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Flaviviruses are small viruses with single-stranded RNA, which include the yellow fever virus, dengue virus, West Nile virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, and Zika virus; and are causal agents of the most important emerging diseases that have no available treatment to date. In recent yea...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： García LL,Padilla L,Castaño JC

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The gut microbiome is closely associated with the health of the host; although the interaction between the bacterial microbiome and the whole virome has rarely been studied, it is likely of medical importance. Examination of the interactions between the gut bacterial microbiome and virome of rhesus monkey wo...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Li H,Li H,Wang J,Guo L,Fan H,Zheng H,Yang Z,Huang X,Chu M,Yang F,He Z,Li N,Yang J,Wu Q,Shi H,Liu L

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Host serine proteases are essential for the influenza virus life cycle because the viral haemagglutinin is synthesized as a precursor which requires proteolytic maturation. Therefore, we studied the activity and expression of serine proteases in lungs from mice infected with influenza and evaluated the effec...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Bahgat MM,Błazejewska P,Schughart K

更新日期：2011-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus has stimulated interest in a better understanding of the mechanisms of H5N1 dispersal, including the potential role of migratory birds as carriers. Although wild birds have been found dead during H5N1 outbreaks, evidence suggests that othe...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Ip HS,Flint PL,Franson JC,Dusek RJ,Derksen DV,Gill RE Jr,Ely CR,Pearce JM,Lanctot RB,Matsuoka SM,Irons DB,Fischer JB,Oates RM,Petersen MR,Fondell TF,Rocque DA,Pedersen JC,Rothe TC

更新日期：2008-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergence and re-emergence of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in North America, Asia and Europe has caused severe economic loss to the global swine industry. However, the virome of PEDV infected pigs and its effect on disease severity remains unknown. The advancements of sequencing technology have mad...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Chen Q,Wang L,Zheng Y,Zhang J,Guo B,Yoon KJ,Gauger PC,Harmon KM,Main RG,Li G

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00