Hepatitis B surface antigen confirmatory testing for diagnosis of hepatitis B virus infection in Taiwan.

abstract：:Here, we studied the role of nitric oxide (NO) production during the first steps of the respiratory infection of BALB/c mice with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), strain F. Nitric oxide synthase II (NOS-II) mRNA and protein were detected by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and dot blot, respectively in samples of lu...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Gamba G,Cavalieri H,Courreges MC,Massouh EJ,Benencia F

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) collected from Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients and healthy controls were measured longitudinally using real-time polymerase chain reaction to evaluate the effects of antiretroviral agents on mtDNA synthesis in vivo and to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Miura T,Goto M,Hosoya N,Odawara T,Kitamura Y,Nakamura T,Iwamoto A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plenty of serologic tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been developed so far, thus documenting the importance of evaluating the relevant features of the immune response to this viral agent. The performance of these assays is currently under investigation. Amongst them, LIAISON®...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Criscuolo E,Diotti RA,Strollo M,Rolla S,Ambrosi A,Locatelli M,Burioni R,Mancini N,Clementi M,Clementi N

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This open, randomized study was conducted in healthy Chinese youngsters, aged between 10 and 19 years to compare the reactogenicity and immunogenicity of two vaccines: the combined vaccine against hepatitis A and B was administered in a two-dose schedule with the profile of the corresponding monovalent vaccines, while...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lee SD,Chan CY,Yu MI,Wang YJ,Chang FY,Lo KJ,Safary A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) preparations were compared: purified intact 22-nm HBsAg particles; HBsAg-derived, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-denatured P25 + GP30 polypeptide pool; and nondenatured P25 + GP30 micelles. The micelles had the same polypeptide composition as the P25 + GP30 pool. The immunogenic...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sanchez Y,Ionescu-Matiu I,Melnick JL,Dreesman GR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seoul virus (SEOV) is the etiologic agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. It is carried by brown rats (Rattus norvegicus), a commensal rodent that closely cohabitates with humans in urban environments. SEOV has a worldwide distribution, and in Europe, it has been found in rats in UK, France, Sweden, and Belg...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ling J,Verner-Carlsson J,Eriksson P,Plyusnina A,Löhmus M,Järhult JD,van de Goot F,Plyusnin A,Lundkvist Å,Sironen T

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly sensitive one-step real-time RT-PCR method using a minor-groove-binding (MGB) probe was developed for detection and quantitation of severe febrile with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). The assay could discriminate SFTSV infection from other related viral diseases in human with a minimum detection limi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Li Z,Cui L,Zhou M,Qi X,Bao C,Hu J,Shan J,Wu B,Wang S,Guo X,Jiao Y,Tang F,Wang H

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The putative interferon sensitivity determining region (ISDR) in the NS5a region of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) was analyzed in 13 interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) treated patients representing genotypes 1a, 1b, and 2b. These patients had previously been followed longitudinally during treatment with respect to viral load ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Odeberg J,Yun Z,Sönnerborg A,Weiland O,Lundeberg J

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

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：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been implicated in vascular pathologies and may warrant inclusion in cardiovascular predictive algorithms. We addressed this in healthy older adults and renal transplant recipients (RTR) as they retain a high burden of CMV. RTR (n  =  45) stable more than 2 years after transplantation and 58 ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Affandi JS,Lee S,Chih H,Brook E,Waters S,Howson P,Reid CM,Irish A,Price P

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet distribution width (PDW) is a readily available blood test involving calculations performed by automated blood analyzers. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) may exhibit a severe profile with fatal hemorrhaging or else present with a mild clinical process. The purpose of our study was to investigate the im...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yilmaz H,Yilmaz G,Menteşe A,Kostakoğlu U,Karahan SC,Köksal İ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial serum samples from 16 Italian patients presenting with acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections (which progressed to chronic hepatitis in six) were screened for the non-organ-specific autoantibodies most frequently associated with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), as well as for antibodies against the hepatic asialog...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： McFarlane BM,Bridger C,Tibbs CJ,Saleh MG,Fuzio A,Verucchi G,Attard L,Boschi A,Chiodo F,McFarlane IG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated reactivity to hepatitis B virus (HBV) core antigen (anti-HBc) is observed relatively frequently in immunocompromised individuals, intravenous drug abusers (IVDA), and in the presence of HCV infection. The reason for the lack of HBsAg is not clear. The aim of the present study was to investigate which factors ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Weber B,Melchior W,Gehrke R,Doerr HW,Berger A,Rabenau H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A healthy patient presented to Klinikum Altmühlfranken Weißenburg Hospital, Germany, with two morning attacks of painful muscle spasm in the left upper and lower limbs, without altered consciousness. Full examinations, radiological imaging, electroencephalography, lumbar puncture, and autoimmune profile were either no...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Elgamasy S,Kamel MG,Ghozy S,Khalil A,Morra ME,Islam SMS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhinovirus (RV) is a common respiratory viral infection linked to worsening of chronic respiratory diseases including cystic fibrosis (CF) and asthma. RV was tested by RT-PCR in samples (n = 465) collected from the upper (nasal swab, oropharyngeal suction, and sputum) and lower (bronchoalveolar washings) respiratory t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Stelzer-Braid S,Liu N,Doumit M,D'Cunha R,Belessis Y,Jaffe A,Rawlinson WD

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) RNA levels may be a more sensitive early indicator of predisposition to carcinogenesis than DNA levels. We evaluated whether levels of HPV-16 and HPV-18 DNA and messenger RNA (mRNA) in newly detected infections are associated with cervical lesion development. Female university students were ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Winer RL,Harris TG,Xi LF,Jansen KU,Hughes JP,Feng Q,Welebob C,Ho J,Lee SK,Carter JJ,Galloway DA,Kiviat NB,Koutsky LA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little information on JC virus (JCV) infection in renal transplant patients. A long-term prospective follow-up study was conducted to assess the incidence of JCV DNA in the blood of 103 adult renal transplant patients enrolled prospectively between 1 January and 31 December 2006. Patients were monitored until...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mengelle C,Kamar N,Mansuy JM,Sandres-Sauné K,Legrand-Abravanel F,Miédougé M,Rostaing L,Izopet J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) infection is associated with a wide range of clinical syndromes such as respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurologic diseases, and neonatal sepsis-like illness. The main objective of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of HPeVs infection in hospitalized patients in a period of 2 ye...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Piralla A,Furione M,Rovida F,Marchi A,Stronati M,Gerna G,Baldanti F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the precore region of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome have been associated with fulminant and severe chronic hepatitis. However uncertainty remains about the clinical significance and transmissibility of these mutant strains. A point mutation assay (PMA) was developed to identify qualitatively and quantita...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Hawkins AE,Gilson RJ,Beath SV,Boxall EH,Kelly DA,Tedder RS,Weller IV

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diabetogenic strain of coxsackievirus B4 of human origin has been purified to study its biochemistry and diabetogenicity. Tissue culture cells infected with the virus contain two distinct types of particles--virions and membrane-bound virions (MBV). MBVs are lighter (p = 1.29) than virions (p = 1.34), and they conta...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chatterjee NK,Nejman C,Gerling I

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer development has been mainly associated with persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections. However, HPV infection is unlikely to be sufficient to cause cervical cancer, and the contribution of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) could be the determining factor for cervical lesion-progressio...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Magaña-Contreras M,Contreras-Paredes A,Chavez-Blanco A,Lizano M,De la Cruz-Hernandez Y,De la Cruz-Hernandez E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several viruses are associated with gastroenteritis in infants. This pilot study, nested within a larger community-based project of early childhood infections, collected daily symptom data and 511 weekly stool samples from five healthy, fully vaccinated, term infants from birth until their second birthday. Real-time P...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ye S,Whiley DM,Ware RS,Sloots TP,Kirkwood CD,Grimwood K,Lambert SB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting around December 2019, an epidemic of pneumonia, which was named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, broke out in Wuhan, China, and is spreading throughout the world. A new coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by the Coronavirus Study Group of the International...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wang C,Liu Z,Chen Z,Huang X,Xu M,He T,Zhang Z

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：: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：:Exacerbations of chronic hepatitis B have been associated with accumulation of mutations in the HBV core gene, with amino acid (aa) substitutions clustering between aa 50 and 69. This region of the nucleocapsid protein is known as an immunodominant epitope for CD4+ T-lymphocytes, however the impact of these mutations ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Torre F,Cramp M,Owsianka A,Dornan E,Marsden H,Carman W,Williams R,Naoumov NV

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and M (IgM) antibodies against mumps virus were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens of patients with mumps meningitis. The CSF IgG antibodies correlated well with the respective antibody titers in serum. On the contrary, i...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ukkonen P,Granström ML,Räsänen J,Salonen EM,Penttinen K

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a pathogen of the respiratory tract with a worldwide distribution. The purpose of this study was to identify hMPV as the cause of acute respiratory diseases in children admitted at Spedali Civili, a public hospital in Brescia, Italy. Eight hundred forty-six nasopharyngeal aspirate sampl...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Apostoli P,Zicari S,Lo Presti A,Ciccozzi M,Ciotti M,Caruso A,Fiorentini S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary HIV-1 infections (PHI) with non-B subtypes are increasing in developed countries while transmission of HIV-1 harboring antiretroviral resistance-associated mutations (RAMs) remains a concern. This study assessed non-B HIV-1 subtypes and RAMs prevalence among patients with PHI in university hospitals of Marseil...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tamalet C,Tissot-Dupont H,Motte A,Tourrès C,Dhiver C,Ravaux I,Poizot-Martin I,Dieng T,Tomei C,Bregigeon S,Zaegel-Faucher O,Laroche H,Aherfi S,Mokhtari S,Chaudet H,Ménard A,Brouqui P,Stein A,Colson P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00