Analysis of coevolution in nonstructural proteins of chikungunya virus.

abstract：:A series of frameshift mutations within the 3a gene has been observed in culture-derived severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV). We report here that viral RNA from clinical samples obtained from SARS-CoV infected patients also contains a heterogeneous population of wild-type and mutant 3a transcripts...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Tan TH,Barkham T,Fielding BC,Chou CF,Shen S,Lim SG,Hong W,Tan YJ

更新日期：2005-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uukuniemi virus (UUKV) belongs to the Phlebovirus genus in the family Bunyaviridae. As a non-pathogenic virus for humans UUKV has served as a safe model bunyavirus in a number of studies addressing fundamental questions such as organization and regulation of viral genes, genome replication, structure and ass...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Katz A,Freiberg AN,Backström V,Schulz AR,Mateos A,Holm L,Pettersson RF,Vaheri A,Flick R,Plyusnin A

更新日期：2010-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HCV is prevalent throughout the world. It is a major cause of chronic liver disease. There is no effective vaccine and the most common therapy, based on Peginterferon, has a success rate of ~50%. The mechanisms underlying viral resistance have not been elucidated but it has been suggested that both host and ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Yamasaki LH,Arcuri HA,Jardim AC,Bittar C,de Carvalho-Mello IM,Rahal P

更新日期：2012-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Production of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a food security crop in sub-Saharan Africa, is threatened by the spread of cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) which manifests in part as a corky necrosis in the storage root. It is caused by either of two virus species, Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Kaweesi T,Kawuki R,Kyaligonza V,Baguma Y,Tusiime G,Ferguson ME

更新日期：2014-12-20 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:Papillomaviruses (PVs) establish a persistent infection in the proliferating basal cells of the epithelium. The viral genome is replicated and maintained as a low-copy nuclear plasmid in basal keratinocytes. Bovine and human papillomaviruses (BPV and HPV) are known to utilize two viral proteins; E1, a DNA he...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Pittayakhajonwut D,Angeletti PC

更新日期：2010-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of sequence independent methods combined with next generation sequencing for identification purposes in clinical samples appears promising and exciting results have been achieved to understand unexplained infections. One sequence independent method, Virus Discovery based on cDNA Amplified Fragment Le...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Shaukat S,Angez M,Alam MM,Jebbink MF,Deijs M,Canuti M,Sharif S,de Vries M,Khurshid A,Mahmood T,van der Hoek L,Zaidi SS

更新日期：2014-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recent 2009 (H1N1) influenza A pandemic saw a rapid spread of the virus to essentially all parts of the world. In the course of its evolution, the virus acquired many mutations, some of which have been investigated in the context of increased severity due to high occurrences in fatal cases. For example, ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Lee RT,Santos CL,de Paiva TM,Cui L,Sirota FL,Eisenhaber F,Maurer-Stroh S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One requisite of quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) is to normalise the data with an internal reference gene that is invariant regardless of treatment, such as virus infection. Several studies have found variability in the expression of commonly used housekeeping genes, such as beta-actin (ACTB...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Kuchipudi SV,Tellabati M,Nelli RK,White GA,Perez BB,Sebastian S,Slomka MJ,Brookes SM,Brown IH,Dunham SP,Chang KC

更新日期：2012-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The detection of antibodies against capripoxvirus has become easier with a commercially available ELISA validated for serum and plasma. In order to explore its suitability for immunological investigations on alternative samples, this study targeted milk as sample matrix available through non-invasive samplin...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Milovanović M,Milićević V,Radojičić S,Valčić M,Hoffmann B,Dietze K

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Avian hepatitis E virus (aHEV) has been associated with hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome (HSS) in chickens along with asymptomatic subclinical infection in many cases. So far, four genotypes have been described, which cause infection in chickens, specifically in broiler breeders and layer chickens. In the pre...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Iqbal T,Rashid U,Idrees M,Afroz A,Kamili S,Purdy MA

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The family Mesoniviridae (order Nidovirales) comprises of a group of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA ([+]ssRNA) viruses isolated from mosquitoes. FINDINGS:Thirteen novel insect-specific virus isolates were obtained from mosquitoes collected in Indonesia, Thailand and the USA. By electron microscopy, the...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Vasilakis N,Guzman H,Firth C,Forrester NL,Widen SG,Wood TG,Rossi SL,Ghedin E,Popov V,Blasdell KR,Walker PJ,Tesh RB

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An HIV cure has not yet been achieved because latent viral reservoirs persist, particularly in resting CD4+ T lymphocytes. In vitro, it is difficult to infect resting CD4+ T cells with HIV-1, but infections readily occur in vivo. Endothelial cells (EC) line the lymphatic vessels in the lymphoid tissues and r...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Schilthuis M,Verkaik S,Walhof M,Philipose A,Harlow O,Kamp D,Kim BR,Shen A

更新日期：2018-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Guards of Cyprian honey bee colonies, Apis mellifera cypria, display a great defensive behaviour against hornets' attacks. The deformed wing virus (DWV) and the kakugo virus (KV) genomes are very similar, but unlike KV, the presence of DWV is not related to honey bees' aggressiveness. This discrepancy is further discu...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Rortais A,Tentcheva D,Papachristoforou A,Gauthier L,Arnold G,Colin ME,Bergoin M

更新日期：2006-08-30 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：BACKGROUND:To assess the potential effects of telbivudine (LdT) and entecavir (ETV) on renal function in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), we performed a meta-analysis of the relevant data available on these agents to evaluate their effects on the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) during treatment. ME...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Wu X,Cai S,Li Z,Zheng C,Xue X,Zeng J,Peng J

更新日期：2016-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The triple-gene-block protein 2 (TGBp2) of Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) is a transmembrane protein which was proposed to be involved in viral RNA binding during virus transport. Here, we report on the RNA-binding properties of TGBp2. Using tyrosine fluorescence spectroscopy and UV-crosslinking assays, the TGBp2 solubili...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Hsu HT,Tseng YH,Chou YL,Su SH,Hsu YH,Chang BY

更新日期：2009-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue has emerged as the most significant of arboviral diseases in the 21st century. It is endemic to >100 tropical and sub-tropical countries around the world placing an estimated 3.6 billion people at risk. It is caused by four genetically similar but antigenically distinct, serotypes of dengue viruses. T...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Raut R,Beesetti H,Tyagi P,Khanna I,Jain SK,Jeankumar VU,Yogeeswari P,Sriram D,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2015-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of gene therapy applications would benefit from vectors capable of expressing multiple genes. In this study we explored the feasibility and efficiency of expressing two or three transgenes in HIV-1 based lentiviral vector. Bicistronic and tricistronic self-inactivating lentiviral vectors were constr...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Chinnasamy D,Milsom MD,Shaffer J,Neuenfeldt J,Shaaban AF,Margison GP,Fairbairn LJ,Chinnasamy N

更新日期：2006-03-15 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:The diseases caused by Rice black streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV) and Southern rice black streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV) have been occurring epidemically in China and southeastern Asia in recent years. A sensitive, reliable and quantitative method is required to detect and distinguish for RBSDV and SRBSDV in ric...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Zhang P,Mar TT,Liu W,Li L,Wang X

更新日期：2013-01-18 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 mint family (Lamiaceae) produces a wide variety of constituents with medicinal properties. Several family members have been reported to have antiviral activity, including lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.), sage (Salvia spp.), peppermint (Mentha×piperita L.), hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.), basil (Oci...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Oh C,Price J,Brindley MA,Widrlechner MP,Qu L,McCoy JA,Murphy P,Hauck C,Maury W

更新日期：2011-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recently sequenced 218 kb genome of morphologically atypical Bacillus thuringiensis phage 0305phi8-36 exhibited only limited detectable homology to known bacteriophages. The only known relative of this phage is a string of phage-like genes called BtI1 in the chromosome of B. thuringiensis israelensis. Th...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Hardies SC,Thomas JA,Serwer P

更新日期：2007-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The binding of viral-specific antibodies to cell-surface antigens usually results in down modulation of the antigen through redistribution of antigens into patches that subsequently may be internalized by endocytosis or may form caps that can be expelled to the extracellular space. Here, by use of confocal-l...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Sarmiento RE,Tirado RG,Valverde LE,Gómez-Garcia B

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) is the member of the genus Pestivirus under the family Flaviviridae. The 5' untranslated region (UTR) of CSFV contains the IRES, which is a highly structured element that recruits the translation machinery. The 3' UTR is usually the recognition site of the viral replicase t...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Nadar M,Chan MY,Huang SW,Huang CC,Tseng JT,Tsai CH

更新日期：2011-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA recombination is one of the two major factors that create RNA genome variability. Assessing its incidence in plant RNA viruses helps understand the formation of new isolates and evaluate the effectiveness of crop protection strategies. To search for recombination in Soybean mosaic virus (SMV), the causal agent of ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Gagarinova AG,Babu M,Strömvik MV,Wang A

更新日期：2008-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than a decade after the outbreak of human coronaviruses (HCoVs) SARS in Guangdong province and Hong Kong SAR of China in 2002, there is still no reoccurrence, but the evolution and recombination of the coronaviruses in this region are still unknown. Therefore, surveillance on the prevalence and the viru...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Liu P,Shi L,Zhang W,He J,Liu C,Zhao C,Kong SK,Loo JFC,Gu D,Hu L

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：: Previously, we explored the epidemic pattern and molecular characterization of enteroviruses isolated in Chungnam, Korea from 2005 to 2006. The present study extended these observations to 2008 and 2009. In this study, enteroviruses showed similar seasonal prevalent pattern from summer to fall and age distribution to...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Baek K,Yeo S,Lee B,Park K,Song J,Yu J,Rheem I,Kim J,Hwang S,Choi Y,Cheon D,Park J

更新日期：2011-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanism by which HIV infection leads to a selective depletion of CD4 cells leading to immunodeficiency remains highly debated. Whether the loss of CD4 cells is a direct consequence of virus infection or bystander apoptosis of uninfected cells is also uncertain. RESULTS:We have addressed this issue in ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Garg H,Joshi A,Ye C,Shankar P,Manjunath N

更新日期：2011-01-21 00:00:00