Hepatitis C viraemia rebound after "successful" interferon therapy in patients with chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis.

abstract：:Hepatitis A infections still represent a major global health concern. During the past years, a transition pattern of the hepatitis A epidemiology was noted in many parts of the world. In Tunisia, there is not a recent survey on age-specific hepatitis A virus seroprevalence. This study aimed to investigate the seroprev...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ayouni K,Kharroubi G,Mallekh R,Hammami W,Marouani R,Mhamdi M,Ben Salah A,Triki H,Bettaieb J

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) seroindeterminate cases have been reported among blood donors (BD) and in at-risk populations worldwide, including Argentina. The objective of the present work was to study the presence of HTLV-I/II infection and its association to specific Western blot (WB) patterns among health...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Berini CA,Eirin ME,Pando MA,Biglione MM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human parainfluenza virus 3 (HPIV-3) is a leading cause of respiratory disease in children worldwide. Previous sequence analyses of the entire virus genome, among different HPIV-3 strains, demonstrated that HN is the most variable gene. There is a dearth of data on HPIV-3 strains circulating in Saudi Arabia. In this r...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Almajhdi FN,Alshaman MS,Amer HM

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), the etiologic agent of Kaposi's sarcoma, causes malignancies frequently in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In the United States and Europe, KSHV infection is common among men who have sex with men. However, the seroprevalence of KSHV among men who have ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Katano H,Yokomaku Y,Fukumoto H,Kanno T,Nakayama T,Shingae A,Sugiura W,Ichikawa S,Yasuoka A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether booster doses are required to maintain long-term protection against hepatitis B virus (HBV) after primary vaccination remains to be determined. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the immune memory responses to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) challenge in vaccinated individuals thro...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： do Livramento A,Schultz J,Batista KZ,Treitinger A,de Cordova CM,Spada C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mid-December 2019, a disease caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, which began in Wuhan, China, has spread throughout the country and many countries around the world. The number of children with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has also increased significantly. Although inform...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： She J,Liu L,Liu W

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has infected approximately 170 million people worldwide. While the seroprevalence of anti-HCV antibody among Iranian blood donors is 0.13%, HCV infection is prevalent in 59-80% of Iranian injecting drug users. One hundred seventy-eight anti-HCV positive patients were referred to the Gastroenter...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Salehi Moghadam F,Mohebbi SR,Hosseini SM,Romani S,Mirtalebi H,Azimzadeh P,Damavand B,Naghoosi H,Khanyaghma M,Sanati A,Zali MR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 190 specimens from South Indian children aged 0-59 months with ocular anomalies consistent with suspected congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) were investigated. Twenty-six of the 65 infants (40%) were confirmed as CRS by detection of rubella specific IgM. Rubella RNA was detected in 41 samples from 26 infants...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Rajasundari TA,Sundaresan P,Vijayalakshmi P,Brown DW,Jin L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most developing countries, hepatitis B prevention is carried out early in life. In these countries, mobile immunization teams have a limited number of sessions to devote to each rural community; simultaneous administration of multiple antigens is thus normal practice. We compared the immune responses of Senegalese ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yvonnet B,Coursaget P,Deubel V,Diop-Mar I,Digoutte JP,Chiron JP

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:The emergence of drug-resistant variants during antiretroviral therapy is a serious obstacle to sustained suppression of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). For that reason, resistance assays are essential to guide clinicians in the selection of optimal treatment regimens. Genotypic assays are less expens...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Garcia-Perez J,Sanchez-Palomino S,Perez-Olmeda M,Fernandez B,Alcami J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with human polyomaviruses BKV and JCV is asymptomatic, and lifelong and widespread, among the general population. However, in the setting of immunosuppression, secondary to medications or viral infection, for example, with HIV, reactivation can occur and result in severe disease. In this study, stool specime...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Babakir-Mina M,Ciccozzi M,Alteri C,Polchi P,Picardi A,Greco F,Lucarelli G,Arcese W,Perno CF,Ciotti M

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Hemodialysis patients are at risk for hepatitis C and B virus infections. This study investigated the prevalences and risk factors of HCV and HBV infection and the distribution of HCV genotypes among hemodialysis patients and their spouses. From August to November 2011, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 20 hemo...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Su Y,Yan R,Duan Z,Norris JL,Wang L,Jiang Y,Xing W,Chen Y,Xiao Y,Li L,Tao J,Wang N

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanism of heterologous antibody responses to herpes simplex virus (HSV) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) which occur in some patients with HSV or VZV infections, stronger evidence was sought for the existence of cross-reacting antibodies to these viruses, using antibody absorption procedures. Absor...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Schmidt NJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) negative/treatment naïve subjects with low hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels (<10(4)  copies/ml) and low alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (<2 × upper limit of normal) in patients with HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)....

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Zeng DW,Dong J,Zhang JM,Zhu YY,Jiang JJ,Liu YR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Little data have been published so far on the epidemiological aspects of hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection in immigrant populations and even poorer is the information on the virological, phylogenetic, and clinical aspects of this infection in these populations. This review article, aimed primarily at physicians ca...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Coppola N,Alessio L,Onorato L,Sagnelli C,Sagnelli E,Pisaturo M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisense protein (ASP) is the new actor of viral life of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) although proposed above 20 years ago. The asp ORF is into complementary strand of the gp120/gp41 junction of env gene. The ASP biological role remains little known. Knowing the Env markers of viral tropism, a dataset ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Dimonte S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an immunoperoxidase staining test to detect structural antigens of BK virus (BKV) in Vero cell cultures. This test was used to examine the neutralizing activity of human and immunized animal sera. It was shown that sera positive for BKV antibodies measured by hemagglutination inhibition test and enzyme-li...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Flaegstad T,Traavik T,Christie KE,Joergensen J

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated telomerase activity is observed in about 90% of human cancers. This activity correlates strictly with human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT). Previously, it was shown that the Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) induced telomerase activity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. In ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ding L,Li L,Yang J,Zhou S,Li W,Tang M,Shi Y,Yi W,Cao Y

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group C rotavirus (RVC) is potentially an important pathogen associated with acute gastroenteritis (AG), especially in outbreaks. This study aims to detect and molecularly characterize RVC in hospitalized children with AG in Belém, Brazil. From May 2008 to April 2011, 279 stools were subjected to reverse-transcription...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lobo Pdos S,Guerra Sde F,Siqueira JA,Soares Lda S,Gabbay YB,Linhares AC,Mascarenhas JD

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA may persist in the liver in the absence of serum HBV-DNA after a self-limited acute hepatitis B. This may also occur in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection but its prevalence and its impact on liver histology is unknown. HBV-DNA was tested by polymerase chain reaction (P...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mariscal LF,Rodríguez-Iñigo E,Bartolomé J,Castillo I,Ortiz-Movilla N,Navacerrada C,Pardo M,Pérez-Mota A,Graus J,Carreño V

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genotypes can be distinguished based on gene sequence differences in EBV nuclear antigens 2, 3A, 3B, and 3C, and the BZLF1 promoter zone (Zp). EBV subtypes and BZLF1 Zp variants were examined in Japanese patients with infectious mononucleosis, chronic active EBV infection, and EBV-associated h...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Imajoh M,Hashida Y,Murakami M,Maeda A,Sato T,Fujieda M,Wakiguchi H,Daibata M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the role of sexual transmission in the epidemiology of HCV by a cross-sectional study comparing prostitutes and HCV seropositive and seronegative sexual clients recruited from the bordellos of the docks of Santos, São Paulo State. The average age in the prostitute group was 27.2 years. The median time spent...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mesquita PE,Granato CF,Castelo A

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantaviruses is an emerging infectious disease. Although HCPS has been reported in several regions of Brazil, more cases of HCPS have recently been reported in Minas Gerais than in any other state. In 2009, we analyzed 27 samples presenting antibodies against hantaviruses. These samples originated from 688 symptomatic...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： de Araujo J,Duré AI,Negrão R,Ometto T,Thomazelli LM,Durigon EL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies demonstrated that in vitro infection with influenza A viruses altered several functions of human monocytes-macrophages but did not detectably alter functions of human lymphocytes. However, both types of cells were infected, as determined by production and surface expression of viral antigens. In the c...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Roberts NJ Jr,Nichols JE

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses (NoV) and sapoviruses (SaV) are recognized as important causes of acute gastroenteritis in children worldwide. In this study, the prevalence and genetic variability of NoV and SaV were determined in hospitalized children <5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis in Hanoi, Vietnam. A total of 501 fecal spe...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Trang NV,Luan le T,Kim-Anh le T,Hau VT,Nhung le TH,Phasuk P,Setrabutr O,Shirley H,Vinjé J,Anh DD,Mason CJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Persisting human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a critical step in cervical carcinogenesis. This study was conducted to determine the type-specific HPV persistence and risk factors for persistence of high-risk HPV infections in a large cohort of Danish women. The study was based on a population-based prospective co...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Nielsen A,Kjaer SK,Munk C,Osler M,Iftner T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00