High circulating levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and interleukin 6 in patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia.

abstract：:The long-term efficacy of lamivudine therapy in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still not clear. In this study, 20 non-cirrhotic Japanese patients infected with HBV received lamivudine therapy for more than 1 year and were followed for a median period of 8.5 years (range, 6.7-8.7 years). The rates o...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Akuta N,Suzuki F,Suzuki Y,Sezaki H,Hosaka T,Someya T,Kobayashi M,Saitoh S,Arase Y,Ikeda K,Kobayashi M,Kumada H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is sometimes associated with critical complications that can cause substantial child mortality. Activity of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) may influence the outcomes of enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection. This case-control study aimed to assess the association of single-nucleotid...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Li YP,Deng HL,Xu LH,Wang MQ,Li M,Zhang X,Dang SS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a member of the Herpesviridae, is the most frequent cause of congenital virus infections and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Due to the lack of an appropriate animal model, insight into the pathogenesis of HCMV infections originates primarily fr...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bissinger AL,Sinzger C,Kaiserling E,Jahn G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pathogenic role of precore-defective mutation in the onset of fulminant hepatitis B has been suggested. However, precore-defective mutants do not always cause fulminant hepatitis B and are not always isolated from affected patients. These findings strongly suggest the presence of some additional important mutations ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kaneko M,Uchida T,Moriyama M,Arakawa Y,Shikata T,Gotoh K,Mima S

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sapoviruses (SaVs) are a common cause of the acute gastroenteritis epidemic worldwide, and SaV outbreaks and infections have become more frequent in recent years. Since the end of December, 2015 to December, 2016, 2 gastroenteritis outbreaks occurred in 2 kindergarten classes (outbreaks A and B) in the Baoan dis...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wang Md J,Li PhD Y,Kong Md X,Li PhD H,Zhang Ba Q,Jin PhD M,Wang PhD Y,Duan PhD Z

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyomavirus BK (BKV) is a common human polyomavirus that rarely causes clinical symptoms in immunocompetent individuals. However, BK virus reactivation occurs in 20-40% of kidney transplant patients and 1-10% of cases present with BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) and reduced kidney allograft survival. In this s...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Girmanova E,Brabcova I,Bandur S,Hribova P,Skibova J,Viklicky O

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chikungunya fever is a viral disease transmitted to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes. The disease is characterized by fever, headache, rash, severe joint, and muscle pain. To evaluate the disease burden in the population and the effectiveness of public health measures, periodic seroprevalence surveys are esse...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Shilpa C,Kavitha K,Sudheesh N,Sabeena S,Prasad V,Hindol M,Arunkumar G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation at the IL-28B locus was recently reported to be a significant predictive factor of viral response to pegylated-interferon plus ribavirin combination therapy against chronic hepatitis C. Predictive factors for the effect of therapy, including IL-28B polymorphism rs8099917 and viral and clinical factors were i...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Hashimoto Y,Ochi H,Abe H,Hayashida Y,Tsuge M,Mitsui F,Hiraga N,Imamura M,Takahashi S,Nelson Hayes C,Ohishi W,Kubo M,Tsunoda T,Kamatani N,Nakamura Y,Chayama K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the antigenic diversity of rotaviruses circulating in a region should be acquired before introducing a rotavirus vaccine. In a collection of 151 rotavirus-positive samples from Mendoza, Argentina, strain diversity was evaluated utilizing G-typing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), reverse-transcriptase-polymer...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Espul C,Cuello H,Martinez N,Centorbi O,O'Ryan M,Jackson L,Campos F,Matson DO

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although risk factors for cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have been identified, the role of HCV-genotype 3 remains controversial, and limited data are available in drug users. The aim of the study was to assess risk factors for severe liver disease (cirrhosis/hepatocellular carcinoma) in HCV-inf...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Larsen C,Bousquet V,Delarocque-Astagneau E,Pioche C,Roudot-Thoraval F,HCV Surveillance Steering Committee.,HCV Surveillance Group.,Desenclos JC

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) is a beta-herpesvirus capable of infecting several cell types from different origins. HHV6 is the etiological agent of exantem subitum and has been associated with several diseases, all characterized by an inflammatory response triggered by chemokines. We show that strain U1102 of HHV6 is ab...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Caruso A,Favilli F,Rotola A,Comar M,Horejsh D,Alessandri G,Grassi M,Di Luca D,Fiorentini S

更新日期：2003-07-01 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 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：:There are few data describing the comprehensive identification in and influence of newly identified respiratory viruses on asthma exacerbations. Most studies focus on inpatients. In this preliminary study, the point prevalence and the associations of picornavirus species described recently and human bocavirus (HBoV) w...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Arden KE,Chang AB,Lambert SB,Nissen MD,Sloots TP,Mackay IM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus-specific subclass antibody responses and cytokines, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and IL-10, were measured in children 7-24 months of age with rotavirus diarrhoea (n = 29); the responses were compared with children with watery diarrhoea from who...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Azim T,Zaki MH,Podder G,Sultana N,Salam MA,Rahman SM,Sefat-e-Khuda,Sack DA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a carcinogenic agent responsible for tumor development in many sexually involved tissues. We present a survey on the prevalence of HPV infection in a risk population for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The studied population was formed by 125 STI clinic attendees, who took part in...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ciccarese G,Herzum A,Rebora A,Drago F

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the state of dual infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), HBV-DNA and HCV-RNA levels were determined by spot hybridization or polymerase chain reaction in the sera of patients who were positive for both hepatitis B surface antigen and HCV antibody. Among 27 patients who show...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Koike K,Yasuda K,Yotsuyanagi H,Moriya K,Hino K,Kurokawa K,Iino S

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of children with herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) was quantified and typed using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. During the acute phase, HSV-DNA was detected in the CSF of 13 patients with HSE, including 5 neonates. A restriction profile of th...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ando Y,Kimura H,Miwata H,Kudo T,Shibata M,Morishima T

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) are elevated in acute and chronic hepatitis B patients. The effect of IL-6 and its transcription factor of NF-IL6 (a nuclear factor for IL-6) on hepatitis B virus (HBV) enhancer 1 (Enh1), which controls HBV X expression, were investigated in HepG2 cells. Twenty ng/ml of IL-6 increa...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ohno H,Kaneko S,Kobayashi K,Murakami S

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:The presence of antibody to hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV) in 60% of procured owl monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus) held within the United States prompted a study of recently captured A trivirgatus in Panama. Only 2 of 145 newly captured monkeys, but all of 35 A trivirgatus held within a colony for over 100 days, were found t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lemon SM,LeDuc JW,Binn LN,Escajadillo A,Ishak KG

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subviral particles of hepatitis B virus have been used to present foreign epitopes. We attempted to present the hydrophilic domains of E2 envelope protein of hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a fusion protein with hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg). The five hydrophilic domains of HCV E2 antigen were inserted into HBs...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lee IH,Kim CH,Ryu WS

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are due to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the viral genotypes and frequency of 17 mutations (15 for HBV and 2 for HCV), described previously as able to influence the course of chronic li...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Araujo OC,Barros JJ,do Ó KM,Nabuco LC,Luz CA,Perez RM,Niel C,Villela-Nogueira CA,Araujo NM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A virus (HAV) strains circulating in the St. Petersburg and Karelia regions was studied during 1997-2003. Hepatitis A virus RNA was isolated from both clinical samples (stools or sera) and environmental samples (sewage water). RT-PCR was carried out using different primer pairs ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Davidkin I,Zheleznova N,Jokinen S,Gorchakova O,Broman M,Mukomolov S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some international guidelines recommend evaluating the need to confirm positive anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody screening results by means of a more specific antibody or molecular biology test on the basis of a screening threshold value (such as the sample signal/cut-off ratio) that can predict the positivity of...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： De Paschale M,Manco MT,Arpino O,Ricucci V,Paganini A,Belvisi L,Cagnin D,Cerulli T,Cianflone A,Agrappi C,Mirri P,Clerici P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA was found in the intestines and feces, but its clinical significance is not completely clear. We aim to characterize the longitudinal test results of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in anal swabs and to explore the association with disease severity. METHODS:We...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lin W,Xie Z,Li Y,Li L,Wen C,Cao Y,Chen X,Ou X,Hu F,Li F,Tang X,Cai W,Li L

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotaviruses are the major etiological agents of diarrhea in children less than 5 years of age. The commonest G types in humans are G1-4 and G9. G12 is a rare human rotavirus (HRV) strain first reported in the Philippines. In this study, 13 G12 strains obtained from a community-based cohort and a hospital-based surveil...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Banerjee I,Ramani S,Primrose B,Iturriza-Gomara M,Gray JJ,Brown DW,Kang G

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Adenovirus infections are usually mild or even asymptomatic, but infections with the virus are being recognized increasingly as a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the immunocompromised, particularly hematological stem cell transplant patients where infections can be life threatening and mortality may reach 60...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Al Qurashi YM,Guiver M,Cooper RJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00