Comparison of respiratory syncytial virus humoral immunity and response to infection in young and elderly adults.

abstract：:The prevalence rate of IgG antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was determined in a sample of 567 women of childbearing age in the southern part of Israel by the immunoperoxidase assay to membrane antigen (IPAMA) technique. Urban Jewish women of Afro-Asian origin showed significantly higher rates of seropositivity than...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Urkin J,Sarov B,Naggan L,Haikin H,Sarov I

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting around December 2019, an epidemic of pneumonia, which was named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, broke out in Wuhan, China, and is spreading throughout the world. A new coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by the Coronavirus Study Group of the International...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wang C,Liu Z,Chen Z,Huang X,Xu M,He T,Zhang Z

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV diagnosis at the point-of-care or in resource-limited settings poses considerable challenges due to time and cost limitations. Currently, nucleic acid-based tests are the only reliable method for diagnosing recent infections during the window period post-infection and pre-seroconversion, but these tests are only s...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Curtis KA,Rudolph DL,Owen SM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) collected from Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients and healthy controls were measured longitudinally using real-time polymerase chain reaction to evaluate the effects of antiretroviral agents on mtDNA synthesis in vivo and to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Miura T,Goto M,Hosoya N,Odawara T,Kitamura Y,Nakamura T,Iwamoto A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major differences exist between HIV-1 and HIV-2 in terms of epidemiology, pathogenicity, sensitivity to antiretrovirals. Determining the type of HIV infecting a patient is essential for management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of simple/rapid tests to differentiate between HIV-1 and/or HIV-2 infec...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Gautheret-Dejean A,Bocobza J,Brunet S,Damond F,Plantier JC,Barin F

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is a precursor of cervical cancer. This study aimed to introduce a method to quantify the risk of cervical cancer resulting from infection by different HPV subtypes, to help guide patient treatment. Nucleic acid molecule flow-through hybridization and gene chip technology were use...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Zhu X,Liu H,Wu H,Liu W,Yin L,Sun X

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine children without previous cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection received blood transfusion in the National Taiwan University Hospital. The overall transfusion-acquired CMV infection rate was 36% (14/39). Donor CMV seropositive rate was 70%. None of the nine children who had received seronegative blood became inf...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lee PI,Chang MH,Hwu WL,Kao CL,Lee CY

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The L1 gene encodes for the major capsid protein of human papillomaviruses (HPV). There is limited information on the polymorphism of L1 for types related to HPV-16. This report explores the polymorphism of L1 in phylogenetically related types 31, 33, and 35 compared to HPV-16. Genital specimens collected from 732 HIV...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Cornut G,Gagnon S,Hankins C,Money D,Pourreaux K,Franco EL,Coutlée F,Canadian Women's HIV Study Group.

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cells play an important role in defending children against various infections. In view of scare data, we undertook this prospective cohort study to describe B cell compartment in HIV infected children (<5 years of age) and the effect of HAART on B cell subpopulations. HIV infected children (<5 years) from Pediatric ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Singh R,Mukherjee A,Singla M,Vajpayee M,Negi N,Kabra SK,Lodha R,Das BK

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 31 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, representing different clinical stages of HIV infection, were assayed for antibodies against measles and mumps viruses by various serological tests and compared to 23 healthy controls. Sera from four patients (two primary, one asymptomatic, and one acq...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kövamees J,Sheshberadaran H,Chiodi F,Schwartz S,Orvell C,Fenyö EM,Norrby E

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In early 2008, a sudden increase in oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-resistant influenza A H1N1 viruses was reported from several European countries. This resistant virus has spread globally and accounted for more than 95% of H1N1 viruses isolated in the following influenza season. A continuous close monitoring on the prevalence...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ngai KL,Lam WY,Lee N,Leung TF,Hui DS,Chan PK

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneity of hepatitis C viral (HCV) genomes of several isolates from different countries has been reported, but there is little information on HCV isolates for the Federal Republic of Germany. Therefore, the nucleotide (nt) and deduced amino acid (aa) sequences of interesting parts of the viral genome derived fro...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Müller HM,Pfaff E,Goeser T,Theilmann L

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faeces from 746 children less than 5 years old with acute gastroenteritis were screened for the presence of adenovirus particles or antigens by immunoelectron microscopy (IEM) and enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Thirty-five samples were positive by both IEM and EIA, two only by IEM, and two only by EIA, giving a total of 39...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Leite JP,Pereira HG,Azeredo RS,Schatzmayr HG

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False negativity in a commercial anti-HIV kit (IMx HIV-1/HIV-2 3rd Generation Plus (code 8B32) was investigated, and the kit that superseded it (IMx HIV-1/HIV-2 III Plus, code 8C98) was evaluated. In a comparison on 574 freshly collected anti-HIV-1-positive specimens, 97.2% were more reactive in 8C98 than in 8B32; 35....

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Parry JV,Perry KR,Harbour S,Burgess C,Mortimer PP,Blackburn NK,Martin D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For assessing the role of circulating immune complexes (CIC) in chronic hepatitis C, the relative frequency of CIC was determined in 54 patients with chronic hepatitis C, 15 asymptomatic hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriers, and 54 healthy controls. IgM and IgG containing CIC were studied using both C1q and conglutinin (K...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tsai JF,Jeng JE,Chang WY,Ho MS,Lin ZY,Tsai JH

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural history of anal intraepithelial neoplasia and anal cancer is not fully understood. Factors associated with cytological abnormalities and predictors of progression to high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia still deserve investigation. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the prevalence of HPV ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tamalet C,Obry-Roguet V,Ressiot E,Bregigeon S,Del Grande J,Poizot-Martin I

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been detected in the inner ear fluid of patients who succumbed to the complications of symptomatic congenital CMV infection, it has not been detected in the inner ear fluid of living patients. In this study, real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to measure CMV DNA in cli...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sugiura S,Yoshikawa T,Nishiyama Y,Morishita Y,Sato E,Hattori T,Nakashima T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men who have sex with men (MSM) are an important risk group for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and at high-risk of herpesvirus infection. However, limited information on epidemiologic patterns of HHV8 and HSV2 among MSM is available in mainland China. A cross-sectional study of 486 participants was performed in Sh...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Liu Z,Fang Q,Zuo J,Wang J,Chen Y,Minhas V,Wood C,He N,Zhang T

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare characteristics and outcomes of patients who had COVID-19 with Mycoplasma pneumoniae immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies to those without M. pneumoniae antibodies. We retrospectively reviewed cases admitted over a 4-week period between 17 March 2020 and 14 April 2020 to the Hoboken University Medical Center, ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Amin D,McKitish K,Shah PS

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus is a major cause of gastroenteritis in young children worldwide. There have been several recent reports concerning rotavirus isolation from adults, particularly in the elderly, presenting with gastroenteritis. In this study, the authors report on rotavirus outbreaks in five separate elderly care facilities b...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Gunn L,Feeney SA,Cashman O,Collins PJ,Coyle PV,O'Shea H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to adamantanes for treating influenza A(H3N2) has increased dramatically, worldwide, over the past 5 years. A comprehensive 10-year data set on the rise of adamantane-resistance in Hong Kong is reported. Nucleotide sequences encoding the M2-ion channel of influenza A(H3N2) were obtained from 281 H3N2 isolat...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tang JW,Ngai KL,Wong JC,Lam WY,Chan PK

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 39,656 voluntary blood donors in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 115 (0.29%) were repeatedly reactive for antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) by second generation (2nd-gen) passive hemagglutination assay (PHA). Positive serum samples were tested for anti-HCV using three different enzyme immunosorbent assays (ELI...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sakugawa H,Nakasone H,Nakayoshi T,Kinjo F,Saito A,Yakabi S,Zukeran H,Miyagi Y,Taira R,Koja K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN) alfa has been used widely for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections but only a small number of patients treated have shown a sustained biochemical and virological response. Anti-envelope E1 and E2 antibody titers were assessed retrospectively before, during, and after treatment w...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Depraetere S,Van Kerschaever E,Van Vlierberghe H,Elewaut A,Brouwer JT,Niesters HG,Schalm SW,Maertens G,Leroux-Roels G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human polyomaviruses HPyV6, HPyV7, TSPyV, HPyV9, MWPyV, and KIPyV have been discovered between 2007 and 2012. TSPyV causes a rare skin disease trichodysplasia spinulosa in immunocompromised patients, the role of remaining polyomaviruses in human pathology is not clear. In this study, we assessed the occurrence of seru...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Šroller V,Hamšíková E,Ludvíková V,Musil J,Němečková Š,Saláková M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a viral-induced demyelinating disease, is becoming relatively common, while many diagnostic and pathogenetic aspects remain to be clarified. A study was therefore undertaken in 64 AIDS patients suffering from various neurological disorders, including PML (12 subjects),...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ferrante P,Caldarelli-Stefano R,Omodeo-Zorini E,Cagni AE,Cocchi L,Suter F,Maserati R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete VP1 protein of EV71 was truncated into six segments and fused to the C-terminal ends of full-length nucleocapsid protein (NPfl) and truncated NP (NPt; lacks 20% amino acid residues from its C-terminal end) of newcastle disease virus (NDV). Western blot analysis using anti-VP1 rabbit serum showed that the ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sivasamugham LA,Cardosa MJ,Tan WS,Yusoff K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus was detected in the stools of five children stricken with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) over a three-week period. While none of the children had acute gastroenteritis, four of the five had acute upper respiratory infections. Rotavirus was also identified in tracheal aspirates from two of the infants. E...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yolken R,Murphy M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus infection during stem cell transplantation is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Adenovirus species B and C have been the main causes for these infections; however, epidemiological details about the species are still unclear. To clarify the contributions of species B and C adenovirus, the DNA was...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Takayama R,Hatakeyama N,Suzuki N,Yamamoto M,Hayashi T,Ikeda Y,Ikeda H,Nagano H,Ishida T,Tsutsumi H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 33 (IL-33) and soluble form of ST2 (sST2) are involved in inflammation. This study aimed to assess the role of serum IL-33 and sST2 in neonates with HCMV infection. The concentration of serum IL-33 and sST2 in 20 patients and 16 healthy controls were measure by enzyme-linked immune-sorbent assay (ELISA). T...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chen Y,Qian J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five methods were evaluated for the detection of adenovirus directly from nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA), including conventional and rapid virus culture, two antigen detection tests, and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). NPA specimens were obtained from 269 military conscripts suffering from an acute respiratory in...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Räty R,Kleemola M,Melén K,Stenvik M,Julkunen I

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00