Analysis of hepatitis C virus strains circulating in Republic of the Congo.

abstract：:Dried blood spots collected on filter paper are considered potential clinical specimens for measles surveillance because of their ease of collection, storage, and transport. The usefulness of these samples for surveillance of measles was evaluated in a field setting. Blood spots were collected by finger-prick from 316...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： El Mubarak HS,Yüksel S,Mustafa OM,Ibrahim SA,Osterhaus AD,de Swart RL

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incarcerated persons have high rates of infectious diseases. Few data on the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in prisoners are available. This multi-center cross-sectional study enrolled 973 inmates from eight Italian prisons. Demographic and behavioral data were collected using an anonymous standardized qu...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sarmati L,Babudieri S,Longo B,Starnini G,Carbonara S,Monarca R,Buonomini AR,Dori L,Rezza G,Andreoni M,Gruppo di Lavoro Infettivologi Penitenziari (GLIP).

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 79 patients with acute self-limiting hepatitis, 17 patients with acute hepatitis B evolving into chronic HBsAg carriership, and 43 chronic HBsAg carriers without a history of acute hepatitis were analyzed for presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-DNA by a molecular hybridization technique. In acute self-limiti...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Moestrup T,Hansson BG,Widell A,Blomberg J,Nordenfelt E

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saliva and peripheral blood samples from 20 healthy adults were examined for the presence of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) DNA sequences using the polymerase chain reaction. Eighteen out of 20 whole saliva samples contained detectable HHV-6 genomes. The majority of peripheral blood samples were also positive; however, t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Jarrett RF,Clark DA,Josephs SF,Onions DE

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concomitant infection with TT virus and hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) is common. However, the effect of TTV infection on chronic hepatitis B or C is unknown. The prevalence of TTV infection, the effect of TTV infection on the clinical, histological and virological features of patients with chronic...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

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

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a zoonosis, there is, currently, no standardized assay for quantitatively measuring anti-HEV antibody levels in HEV animal reservoirs. In this study, anti-HEV antibody positive serum from a rabbit (RS26) was calibrated by dose-response parallel line assay using the World H...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Zhang Y,Wang L,Zeng H,Gong W,Wang L,Zhuang H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swabbing the surface of a genital lesion to obtain a sample for HPV DNA testing is less invasive than a biopsy, but may not represent HPV types present in the lesion tissue. The objective of this study was to examine the concordance of HPV types detected in swab and biopsy samples from 165 genital lesions from men age...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Anic GM,Messina JL,Stoler MH,Rollison DE,Stockwell H,Villa LL,Lazcano-Ponce E,Gage C,Silva RJ,Baggio ML,Salmerón J,Giuliano AR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, data examining nationally representative prevalence and trends of HBV or HCV among specific subgroups of pregnant women in the US are unavailable. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of hospitalizations for liveborn singleton deliveries from 1998 to 2011 using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Salemi JL,Spooner KK,Mejia de Grubb MC,Aggarwal A,Matas JL,Salihu HM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed cryoglobulinemia is a lymphoproliferative disorder associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV). In patients chronically affected by HCV the prevalence of mixed cryoglobulinemia is variable ranging from 0% to 56%. To verify whether polyomaviruses (PyV) play a role in this disorder a total of 222 blood samples from 63...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Comar M,Zanotta N,Del Savio R,Vascotto F,Calabrese N,Zorat F,Pozzato G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A incidence has been decreasing in Brazil since child vaccination was implemented in 2014. This trend was interrupted by an outbreak among adult male in São Paulo in 2017. This study was outlined to estimate whether the increase of hepatitis A cases among adult men in Brazil was restricted to São Paulo. Case...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： De Oliveira TM,Vieira NSG,Sepp TDS,Souto FJD

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:The incidence of noroviral gastroenteritis has increased dramatically in recent years, and norovirus (NoV) genogroup II.4 (GII.4) is associated with outbreaks worldwide. The NoV genotypes and their clinical relevance in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis between 2006 and 2011 in northern Taiwan were eval...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tsai CN,Lin CY,Lin CW,Shih KC,Chiu CH,Chen SY

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the present study were to confirm measles outbreaks by detection of measles-specific IgM antibodies, isolation of measles virus, and genetic characterization to document the circulating genotypes in Tamil Nadu. Eight outbreaks were reported from six districts of Tamil Nadu, India during the period Jan-Dec ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ramamurty N,Raja D,Gunasekaran P,Varalakshmi E,Mohana S,Jin L

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 10(1) to 10(6) TCID50 (mean tissue culture infective doses) per ml HSV I and II can be quantitatively recorded from vaginal tampons. Tampons and sterile cotton swabs are equally sensitive in recovering HSV I and II. Direct cotton swab cultures of the cervix and cervicovaginal tampon cultures from the same patient...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ekwo EE,Myers MG

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus-specific complement-fixing IgM (CMV CF-IgM) antibody was detected in 12/84 (14.3 percent) sera containing CMV-specific IgM. Higher titres were obtained by using a purified antigen preparation containing enveloped virus particles and membrane fragments when compared with a crude extract of infected cell...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Booth JC,Mohammed HS

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne disease caused by the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are generally classified as transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides (nt). The various lncRNAs expressed in infected cells are responsible for regulating the expression of v...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bayyurt B,Arslan S,Engin A,Bakir M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Markov model was introduced to simulate natural histories of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in men and women. The data set was constructed on 942 HCV carriers who were examined at least once a year without receiving antiviral therapies. Based on 2,251 patient-year data, the probabilities of transition between a...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tanaka J,Kumada H,Ikeda K,Chayama K,Mizui M,Hino K,Katayama K,Kumagai J,Komiya Y,Miyakawa Y,Yoshizawa H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine whether peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) contain proviral DNA or double-stranded replicative forms of TT virus (TTV) and to define which cell subset harbors TTV, we analyzed 126 PBMC DNA samples by PCR, using the NG059/NG061/NG063 and the T801/T935 primer sets. TTV sequences were detecte...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yu Q,Shiramizu B,Nerurkar VR,Hu N,Shikuma CM,Melish ME,Cascio K,Imrie A,Lu Y,Yanagihara R

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paired serum and saliva samples were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot (WB) for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies. The study group included 36 individuals known to be HIV seropositive and 14 healthy, seronegative controls. HIV antibodies were detected in a...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Holmström P,Syrjänen S,Laine P,Valle SL,Suni J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well documented that perinatal transmission is the major cause of chronic HBV infection in China. However, the mechanisms of HBV perinatal transmission are not defined clearly. It is not known whether hepatitis B e antigen can cross the human placenta, and the rate of HBeAg decay in babies with and without HBV b...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wang Z,Zhang J,Yang H,Li X,Wen S,Guo Y,Sun J,Hou J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently developed monoclonal antibodies against the 42,000-dalton major inner capsid protein were used in an enzyme immunoassay to subgroup a total of 156 rotavirus specimens obtained from Japanese infants and young children with acute gastroenteritis during the period between December 1981 and April 1983. Only 2 spe...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Nakagomi O,Nakagomi T,Oyamada H,Suto T

更新日期：1985-09-01 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：:This study was designed to determine the prognostic value of erythrocyte adenosine deaminase (ADA) as a possible indicator of progression to AIDS, and compare this with other known cellular and serological markers. At the end of a 3-year study, a cohort of 114 human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) seropositive intrav...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Casoli C,Lisa A,Magnani G,Starcich R,Fiaccadori F,Bertazzoni U,Zei G

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:human diploid fibroblasts and human primary liver cell carcinoma cells (PLC/PRF/5) were infected with hepatitis A virus (HAV) adapted to growth in cell culture or derived directly from human stool. Viral antigen was expressed in PLC/PRF/5 cells 28 days after infection with cell culture-adapted HAV, and 50 days after i...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Gauss-Müller V,Frösner GG,Deinhardt F

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data are available describing human papillomavirus (HPV) genotype distribution among females with cytological abnormalities in Switzerland. Cervical cell specimens obtained from 5,318 women were screened routinely by liquid-based Pap smear. All specimens with cellular abnormalities were analyzed subsequently f...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Dobec M,Bannwart F,Kilgus S,Kaeppeli F,Cassinotti P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasal washings were collected from 27 normal adults during 38 naturally acquired colds. The washings were exhaustively tested using tissue cultures, organ cultures and electron microscopy. Washings yielding no identifiable agent were inoculated into human volunteers, and further specimens obtained from the latter were...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Larson HE,Reed SE,Tyrrell DA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual specific antigenic rubella virus (RV) structural proteins are required for accurate serological diagnosis of acute and congenital rubella infections as well as rubella immune status. The RV envelope glycoprotein E1 is the major target antigen and plays an important role in viral-specific immune responses. T...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Seto NO,Gillam S

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norovirus is one of the major causes of outbreaks and sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in young children worldwide. Obtaining local baseline information regarding this virus is important for developing and evaluating prevention strategies of norovirus transmission in children. The age, seasonal distribution and...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Xu J,Yang Y,Sun J,Ding Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyomavirus infection occurring during childhood is followed by a lifelong latency in immunocompetent subjects. The major site of polyomavirus persistence are the uroepithelial cells which leads to oral transmission. It has recently been hypothesized that tonsils could be a possible reservoir. The role of tonsil, ade...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Comar M,Zanotta N,Bovenzi M,Campello C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological and immunohistochemical studies have indicated a possible link between measles virus and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to use a sensitive and robust method for the detection of measles virus RNA in IBD and control clinical samples. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chadwick N,Bruce IJ,Schepelmann S,Pounder RE,Wakefield AJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00