Sequence analysis of pre-S/surface and pre-core/core promoter genes of hepatitis B virus in chronic hepatitis C patients with occult HBV infection.

abstract：:Five hundred and forty-seven pregnant women with less than 32 weeks of amenorrhoea, attending an antenatal clinic of St. Camille Medical Centre (SCMC) of Ouagadougou were enrolled for a hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV co-infection study. Fifty-eight (10.6%) were HIV positive and 18 (3.3%) were anti-HCV positive. Only ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Simpore J,Ilboudo D,Samandoulougou A,Guardo P,Castronovo P,Musumeci S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotaviruses were detected via electron microscopy in fecal specimens collected from school children during an outbreak of diarrhea and from a sporadic case in 1993 in Japan. All of the viruses were found to belong to human group C rotavirus by reverse passive hemagglutination assay (RPHA). These viruses replicated wel...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Shinozaki K,Yamanaka T,Tokieda M,Shirasawa H,Simizu B

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroviruses (EVs) often infect humans, presenting as endemic or epidemic infections. In this study, the diversity of infecting EVs was studied among 146 children and 137 adults in a small community in Cameroon. The participants provided 2,458 fecal samples during 1-year monthly collection; 10 or more samples were ob...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ayukekbong JA,Fobisong C,Lindh M,Nkuo-Akenji T,Bergström T,Norder H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo gene delivery using human adenovirus serotype 5 (AdV5) vectors is being explored for vaccination purposes. The presence of anti-AdV5 antibodies in human serum arising from natural exposure to AdV5 can interfere potentially with and compromise the efficacy of rAdV5-based vaccine vectors. In this report, a colle...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Pilankatta R,Chawla T,Khanna N,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information about immunity to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and disease pathogenesis in elderly persons exists. Humoral immunity to RSV was assessed in 41 young, 56 healthy elderly, and 49 frail elderly adults by measuring baseline RSV specific IgG by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and microneutralization assay (...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Falsey AR,Walsh EE,Looney RJ,Kolassa JE,Formica MA,Criddle MC,Hall WJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid spread of the epidemic has aroused widespread concern in the international community. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) was first reported in China, with bats as the likely original hosts and pangolins as potential intermediate hosts. The current source of the disease is mainly pat...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ye Q,Wang B,Mao J,Fu J,Shang S,Shu Q,Zhang T

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is major pathogen of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children worldwide. There have been many studies regarding HRSV subgroup A (HRSV-A) G protein genetic variability but little information about HRSV subtype B (HRSV-B) G protein genetic diversity and mo...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ren L,Xiao Q,Zhou L,Xia Q,Liu E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 30-base pair (bp) deletion of the cytoplasmic carboxy-terminal domain of the latent membrane protein 1 (LMP-1) gene was analyzed in 37 frozen tissues from patients with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related gastric cancer and 18 throat washings from healthy adults in southern Japan. The 30-bp deletion was identified in...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mori S,Itoh T,Tokunaga M,Eizuru Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of antiviral treatment on apoptosis in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) has not been clarified. We evaluated the hepatic immunohistochemical expression of the pro-apoptotic bax and the antiapoptotic bcl-xL protein in HBeAg-negative CHB patients before and after treatment. In our study we included 72 paired biopsie...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Cholongitas E,Papatheodoridis GV,Manesis EK,Petraki K,Tiniakos D,Hadziyannis SJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of 10 isolates of human parvovirus B19 (B19) were determined and compared throughout 96.3% of the open reading frames (4145 nucleotides from nt. 509-4653). In the 4145 nucleotides, 122 mutation sites were found, of which 24 were accompanied by amino acid displacement. Furthermore, the polymorph...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Fukada K,Matumoto K,Takakura F,Yamaki M,Sato H,Okochi K,Maeda Y

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete coding regions were sequenced for two new enterovirus genomes: EV-B93 previously identified by VP1 sequencing, derived from a child with acute flaccid paralysis in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and EV-C95 from a French soldier with acute gastroenteritis in Djibouti. The EV-B93 P1 had more than 30% nucleot...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Junttila N,Lévêque N,Magnius LO,Kabue JP,Muyembe-Tamfum JJ,Maslin J,Lina B,Norder H

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) are an important cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs). HPIV-4, a newly identified virus, has been associated with severe ALRTIs recently. A total of 771 nasopharyngeal aspirate samples were collected from hospitalized children between March 2010 and February 20...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Xiao NG,Duan ZJ,Xie ZP,Zhong LL,Zeng SZ,Huang H,Gao HC,Zhang B

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection broke out all over the world; however, epidemiological data and viral shedding in pediatric patients are limited. We conducted a retrospective, multicenter study, and followed-up with all children from the families with SARS-CoV-2 inf...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Hua CZ,Miao ZP,Zheng JS,Huang Q,Sun QF,Lu HP,Su FF,Wang WH,Huang LP,Chen DQ,Xu ZW,Ji LD,Zhang HP,Yang XW,Li MH,Mao YY,Ying MZ,Ye S,Shu Q,Chen EF,Liang JF,Wang W,Chen ZM,Li W,Fu JF

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence on genotype-specific risk in women infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) with normal cytology and the importance of the distinction of high-risk (HR)-HPV genotypes in the management of low-grade lesions suggest that the distinction of HR-HPV genotypes has the potential to improve the follow-up of patie...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Venturoli S,Ambretti S,Cricca M,Leo E,Costa S,Musiani M,Zerbini M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stool specimens from 334 infants and young children hospitalized with diarrhea in the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between August and November, 1987 were analyzed for the presence of rotavirus double-stranded (ds) RNA by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Of the 334 specimens analyzed, 32 (9.6%) were posi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Rasool NB,Hamzah M,Jegathesan M,Wong YH,Qian Y,Green KY

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new assay was developed for the detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in human serum using amplification of a short viral DNA sequence by means of the polymerase chain reaction. As little as 0.4 fg viral DNA, corresponding to about 130 genome equivalents, per ml serum could be detected after the amplification procedu...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sumazaki R,Motz M,Wolf H,Heinig J,Jilg W,Deinhardt F

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) has been used routinely in serological studies with such arenaviruses as Junin, Machupo, and Parana. However, difficulties have been encountered in using the PRNT for LCM virus, while conflicting views have been expressed about the reliability and efficacy of the test wi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tomori O,Johnson KM,Kiley MP,Elliott LH

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus can be quantitatively recovered from vaginal tampons suspended in tissue culture medium and stored over a wide range of temperatures. Because herpes simplex virus is stable for several days with refrigeration or after freezing, this method of culture of cervicovaginal virus lends itself to epidemi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Myers MG,Ekwo EE,Pitts AK

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure is described for the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in blood by means of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in which the reverse transcription step and two rounds of amplification are carried out in a single tube. This results in fewer manipulations, reduced risk of contamination, and economy of...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lin HJ,Shi N,Mizokami M,Hollinger FB

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to investigate the chromosomal integration sites of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) in phytohemagglutinin-stimulated leukocytes and B lymphocytes from Epstein-Barr virus transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). Five different chromosomal integration sites were found i...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Nacheva EP,Ward KN,Brazma D,Virgili A,Howard J,Leong HN,Clark DA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial (RSV) and parainfluenza (PIV) viruses are primary causes of acute bronchiolitis and wheezing illnesses in infants and young children. To further understand inflammation in the airways following infection, we tested for the presence of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and natural tissue inhibitors ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Elliott MB,Welliver RC Sr,Laughlin TS,Pryharski KS,LaPierre NA,Chen T,Souza V,Terio NB,Hancock GE

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of HPV 16 E6*I/E6*II spliced transcripts, in cervical lesions of different grade, was analyzed to characterize the transcription pattern. The presence and amount of spliced transcripts were correlated with DNA viral markers such as E2/E6 ratio and physical state. The detection of HPV 16 E6*I/E6*II mRNAs w...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Cricca M,Venturoli S,Leo E,Costa S,Musiani M,Zerbini M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses contain amino acid deletions at positions 162 to 164 of the haemagglutinin (HA) protein. These amino acid deletions have affected the detection of B/Victoria lineage viruses by the lineage-specific conventional reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PC...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chan WM,Wong LH,So CF,Chen LL,Wu WL,Ip JD,Lam AH,Yip CCY,Yuen KY,To KKW

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA plays a critical role in determining the level of viral replication in HBV-infected patients. However, how to select appropriate HBV DNA detection method, low-sensitivity (ls) and hypersensitivity (hs) remains unclear. In this study, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hep...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Liu C,Wu W,Shang S,Huang E,Xun Z,Lin J,Chen T,Yang B,Chen J,Ou Q

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has been described as circulating among the Uruguayan population at least since 1998 based on serologic evidence. However, no isolation attempts, molecular detection, or genetic studies have been carried out so far in the country. In the present study, molecular detection of circulating hM...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Pizzorno A,Masner M,Médici C,Sarachaga MJ,Rubio I,Mirazo S,Frabasile S,Arbiza J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GII.b norovirus is an obligatory recombinant with an open reading frame (ORF) 1 comprising the GII.b genotype and the ORF 2 region corresponding to one of a number of other norovirus genotypes. GII.b is the second most common genotype after GII.4 associated with gastroenteritis outbreaks in Victoria, Australia. The st...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bruggink LD,Marshall JA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel real-time PCR assay system was developed to quantify the cytomegalovirus (CMV) genome load. The real-time PCR assay could detect from 6 to over 10(6) copies of CMV-DNA with a wide linear range. The virus load of immunocompromised patients with symptomatic CMV infections was quantified and compared to that of a...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tanaka N,Kimura H,Iida K,Saito Y,Tsuge I,Yoshimi A,Matsuyama T,Morishima T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpes virus 8 (HHV 8) is recognized as the necessary cause of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and in the recent past the human papillomavirus (HPV) has been linked to the development of cutaneous basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. In a cross sectional study investigating Beta-HPV infections in skin lesions, an unexpe...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Murahwa AT,Muchemwa FC,Duri K,Borok MZ,Kanyera RB,Manhanzva MT,Mapingure MP,Stray-Pedersen B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared characteristics of patients with GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) RNA to those of patients with GBV-C/HGV E2-antibody. GBV-C/HGV RNA and GBV-C/HGV antibody were assayed in 83 persons with hemophilia using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, re...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Toyoda H,Takahashi I,Fukuda Y,Hayakawa T,Takamatsu J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00