Polymerase chain reaction assay for hepatitis C virus RNA using a single tube for reverse transcription and serial rounds of amplification with nested primer pairs.

abstract：:Paired sera, saliva and cervicovaginal secretions from 17 HTLV-I-infected women (19-75 yr) were tested for total IgA and IgG, for IgA and IgG to the immunodominant region gp46/175-Pro-199, for serum IgG to the neutralizing domains gp46/ 190-Pro-199 and gp46/190-Ser-199, or for tax-rex proviral HTLV-DNA. Serum antibodi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bélec L,Georges-Courbot MC,Georges A,Mohamed AS,Londos-Gagliardi D,Hallouin MC,Hocini H,Guillemain B

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased incidence of a enterovirus infections observed in patients with type 1 diabetes preceding the development of the clinical disease could be partially explained by variation in the genes coding for enterovirus receptors. We carried out sequence analysis of the most common enterovirus receptor molecules in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Karttunen A,Pöyry T,Vaarala O,Ilonen J,Hovi T,Roivainen M,Hyypiä T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the result of an inadequate immune response towards the virus. Dendritic cells (DCs), as the most efficient professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs), possess the strongest antigen presenting the effect in the body and can stimulate the initial T cell activation and prol...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sun HH,Zhou DF,Zhou JY

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sequences of the hypervariable region (HVR) of the E2/NS1 gene of hepatitis C virus (HCV), which are now thought to contain epitopes for neutralizing antibodies, were compared between antibody-bound HCV and free HCV in a patient with type II cryoglobulinemia. Antibody-bound HCV was immunoprecipitated with a...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kurosaki M,Enomoto N,Nouchi T,Sakuma I,Marumo F,Sato C

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are the causative agents of most cervical carcinomas. A complete understanding of the HPV types that cause cervical carcinoma is needed as vaccines are designed. Fresh tissues are not always available for such studies. We therefore sought to determine the feasibility of HPV studies using f...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bryan JT,Taddeo F,Skulsky D,Jansen KU,Frain BM,Qadadri B,Brown DR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty marmosets, male Callithrix jacchus, were used during this study. Fifteen of the marmosets were inoculated with 5,000 TCID50 of the attenuated XJC13 strain of Junin virus by intramuscular route and five were left as uninoculated controls. Animals were observed for a 420-day period. In order to carry out virologi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Avila MM,Frigerio MJ,Weber EL,Rondinone S,Samoilovich SR,Laguens RP,de Guerrero LB,Weissenbacher MC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) glycoproteins G1 and G2 and nucleocapsid protein (N) were expressed in BHK-21 cells by transfection of a plasmid producing a recombinant alphavirus replicon. Coexpression of G1 and G2 from separate constructs seemed to be important for the optimal folding of the glycoproteins, as evaluated by...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kallio-Kokko H,Leveelahti R,Brummer-Korvenkontio M,Lundkvist A,Vaheri A,Vapalahti O

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunogenicity of the Russian cold-adapted (ca) donor stains, A/Leningrad (Len)/134/17/57 and A/Leningrad/134/47/57, and the US strain A/Ann Arbor (AA)/6/60-ca, were compared in BALB/c mice with their respective wild-type parental viruses. Each ca donor strain was less immunogenic than its wild-type parent. The va...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wareing MD,Watson JM,Brooks MJ,Tannock GA

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No controlled trial in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on long-term entecavir (ETV) treatment, comparing switching to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) with continuing the therapy, has been reported. Twenty-seven nucleos(t)ide-naïve patients with chronic HBV who underwent ETV therapy for ≥5 y...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Iida-Ueno A,Enomoto M,Kozuka R,Tamori A,Kawada N

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time PCR assay was developed for quantitative detection of B19 DNA in clinical serum samples. The assay was carried out using a LightCycler instrument and product formation was monitored continuously with the fluorescent double-stranded DNA binding dye SYBR Green I. With an optimized PCR protocol, this system w...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Manaresi E,Gallinella G,Zuffi E,Bonvicini F,Zerbini M,Musiani M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in individuals without detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) may occur and has been reported to be common in patients with chronic hepatitis C, the related molecular mechanisms remain unknown. With the polymerase chain reaction, serum HBV DNA was sought in 100...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kao JH,Chen PJ,Lai MY,Chen DS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The unprecedented demand for testing for the ongoing coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has led to an acute shortage and limited availability of test reagents for which pooling of samples has been recommended in areas with low prevalence. Considering the possibility of dilution ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mohanty S,Ravindra A,Gupta K,Hallur V,Behera B,Mahaptra A,Saha S,Ranjan J,Payal P,Mohanty M,Rath S,Mishra B

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess whether high-risk pregnant women have a higher prevalence of HEV during the perinatal period. This was a cross-sectional study of 428 patients: Group 1, 127 women with a high-risk pregnancy; Group 2, 97 asymptomatic people with reactivity to HCV or HBV; Group 3, 94 patients with clin...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Baptista-González H,Trueba-Gómez R,Rosenfeld-Mann F,Roque-Álvarez E,Méndez-Sánchez N

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemagglutination inhibition (HI), single radial hemolysis (SRH) and enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA), performed with commercial antigen and reagents are described and were compared in the three distinct situations that require rubella antibody detection. Determination of immunity status was carried out on 15...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Champsaur H,Dussaix E,Tournier P

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of delta agent among 120 Chinese patients with HBsAg-positive chronic active and hepatocellular carcinoma from Taiwan and Los Angeles were studied by serological assay for antibody to delta antigen and immunoperoxidase staining for delta antigen in the liver biopsies. Of 120 patients, only four with chr...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Govindarajan S,Lee SD,Tong MJ,Tsai YT,Lo KJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus-like particle(s) (CVLP) are faecal-derived pleomorphic membrane bound virus-like particles characterised by a fringe of club-shaped spikes that measure about 27 nm in length. The association of CVLP with a variety of social, clinical, and epidemiological factors was examined after a 69 month survey of faec...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Marshall JA,Thompson WL,Gust ID

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norovirus (NoV) is a major cause of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks worldwide, with infections reported in semiclosed environments, particularly in hospitals and nursing homes. Astrovirus (HAstV) is prevalent worldwide, especially in developing countries. We aimed to determine the prevalence, spatia...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bitencurt ELR,Siqueira JAM,Medeiros TB,Bandeira RDS,de Souza Oliveira D,de Paula Souza E Guimarães RJ,da Silva Soares L,Macarenhas JDP,Teixeira DM,Silva RSU,Loureiro ECB,de Moraes Silva MC,da Silva LD,Gabbay YB

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Henan, China is characterized by the outbreak of HIV epidemic of Thai B strain in former plasma donors in 1990s. After the forbidden of paid blood donation, whether Thai B strain will spread out of former plasma donors into sexual transmitted population is unknown. To answer the question, phylogenetic analysis was use...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Li L,Sun G,Zhong P,Han J,Li T,Jia D,Liu Y,Sun C,Wang Z,Li H,Wang X,Li J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) depends on the HBeAg/anti-HBe status of the mother. While children of HBeAg-positive mothers have a 90% probability of acquiring a chronic hepatitis B virus carrier state, babies of anti-HBe-positive mothers are more likely to develop fulminant hepatit...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bahn A,Hilbert K,Martiné U,Westedt J,von Weizsäcker F,Wirth S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-specific epidemiological data on human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are essential for formulating strategies to prevent cervical cancer. The age-specific prevalence of HPV infection was determined among 1,600 women enrolled for cervical screening in Macao. A U-shaped age-specific prevalence curve with a f...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yip YC,Ngai KL,Vong HT,Tzang LC,Ji S,Yang M,Chan PK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of HTLV-I infection in female prostitutes was studied in a survey of 395 prostitutes from Callao, Peru (the port city of Lima), 72 prostitutes from Iquitos, Peru (another port city on the Amazon River), and 510 prenatal clinic patients from Lima. Prostitutes reported a mean of 8.8 years (range, 1-39 y...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wignall FS,Hyams KC,Phillips IA,Escamilla J,Tejada A,Li O,Lopez F,Chauca G,Sanchez S,Roberts CR

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random peptide library of heptamers displayed on the surface of M13 bacteriophage was used to identify specific epitopes of antibodies in pooled sera of swine naturally infected by Nipah virus. The selected heptapeptides were aligned with protein sequences of Nipah virus and several putative epitopes were identified...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Eshaghi M,Tan WS,Yusoff K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study in Kenya of corneal lesions occurring in children with measles virus infection, conjunctival lesions of a characteristic appearance were seen concomitant with the rash. The lesions became visible after staining by Lissamine green or Rose Bengal. In order to investigate whether these lesions were virus-induc...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Nommensen FE,Dekkers NW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outbreaks of gastroenteritis are a major public health problem in New Zealand. The introduction of molecular detection methods has now shown that the 'Norwalk-like viruses' (NLVs) are the major cause of food and waterborne nonbacterial gastroenteritis. Reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Greening GE,Mirams M,Berke T

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the immunodominant a region of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) has been examined by mutation of specific amino acid residues. Proline 142 was required for the exhibition of full antigenicity. Replacement of cysteines 124 and 147 by serines drastically reduced or eliminated reactivity with antib...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ashton-Rickardt PG,Murray K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroprevalences of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) markers were evaluated in a random sample of 803 children attending school in Ashanti-Akim North district in Ghana in order to gain a better understanding of transmission patterns of these viruses, particularly horizontal transmission of HBV. T...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Martinson FE,Weigle KA,Mushahwar IK,Weber DJ,Royce R,Lemon SM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an infectious disease that is caused by CCHF virus. A family of transmembrane receptors called as Toll-like receptors (TLRs) selectively acts in recognizing a wide range of microbial components and endogenous molecules released by damaged tissue and have been preserved through...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Engin A,Arslan S,Özbilüm N,Bakir M

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Virus variants escaping from host immunity may be implicated in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In this cross-sectional study, the association was evaluated of the frequency of amino acid variation within the immunogenic epitopes of surface gene with different disease stages of chronic HBV infec...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Liu CJ,Kao JH,Shau WY,Chen PJ,Lai MY,Chen DS

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) NS3 protease is an attractive target for antiviral agent development because it is required for viral replication. Because a stable cell culture system or small animal model to study HCV replication is not readily available, we constructed an in vitro model allowing the investigation of NS3 tra...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Heintges T,Encke J,zu Putlitz J,Wands JR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00