Threshold value of LIAISON XL anti-HCV screening assay predicting positive immunoblotting results.

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 role of a novel virus, designated as TT virus (TTV), as a cause of chronic liver disease has not been well defined. We investigated the prevalence of TTV among 69 patients with chronic liver disease of unknown etiology and 50 volunteer blood donors with normal transaminase levels. TTV DNA was amplified by polymera...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Nishiguchi S,Enomoto M,Shiomi S,Tanaka M,Fukuda K,Tamori A,Tanaka T,Takeda T,Seki S,Yano Y,Otani S,Kuroki T

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) establishes latency in neurons and recurrent infections in oral mucosa. This prospective study analyzes HSV prevalence in oral mucosal brush samples from men with known human papillomavirus (HPV) status. We hypothesized that HSV-1-infection could facilitate HPV persistence as a cofactor. Thi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mäki J,Paavilainen H,Kero K,Hukkanen V,Syrjänen S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluations of HIV-1 RNA viral load assays are lacking in Central Africa. The main objective of our study was to assess the reliability of HIV-1 RNA results obtained with three different assays for samples collected in Gabon. A total of 137 plasma specimens were assessed for HIV-1 RNA using the Abbott RealTime HIV-1® ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mouinga-Ondémé A,Mabika-Mabika A,Alalade P,Mongo AD,Sica J,Liégeois F,Rouet F

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:A seroprevalence study was carried out of six different human pathogenic viruses, namely human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV), human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8), and dengue virus among pregnant women and blood donors from rural (Nouna) ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Collenberg E,Ouedraogo T,Ganamé J,Fickenscher H,Kynast-Wolf G,Becher H,Kouyaté B,Kräusslich HG,Sangaré L,Tebit DM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The various strains of human polyomavirus BK (BKV) show a marked heterogeneity in the non-coding control region (NCCR), which includes the origin of replication and the regulatory region for early and late transcription. A new BKV strain (DDP, U91605) was identified by direct detection and sequencing of PCR products o...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Degener AM,Pietropaolo V,Di Taranto C,Jin L,Ameglio F,Cordiali-Fei P,Trento E,Sinibaldi L,Orsi N

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the esophagus in the coastal region of Eastern Guangdong, Southern China, an area with a high incidence of esophageal carcinoma. Fresh surgical resection esophageal specimens were obtained from 176 esophageal carcinoma patients admitted...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Shen ZY,Hu SP,Lu LC,Tang CZ,Kuang ZS,Zhong SP,Zeng Y

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:An outbreak of an acute sporadic viral hepatitis occurring at three villages in the lower Shebli region of southern Somalia was studied. Sera were examined for antibodies to hepatitis E virus (HEV) antigen by a recently developed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The prevalence of anti-HEV ranged from 77.8% to 94.0% ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mushahwar IK,Dawson GJ,Bile KM,Magnius LO

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common congenital infection in humans and a leading cause of sensorineural hearing loss. Ganciclovir (6 mg/kg twice daily for 42 days) has been shown to reduce hearing deterioration and is used in clinical practice. Vaccines and passive administration of antibody are being evaluated i...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kadambari S,Atkinson C,Luck S,Macartney M,Conibear T,Harrison I,Booth C,Sharland M,Griffiths PD

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial (RSV) and parainfluenza (PIV) viruses are primary causes of acute bronchiolitis and wheezing illnesses in infants and young children. To further understand inflammation in the airways following infection, we tested for the presence of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and natural tissue inhibitors ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Elliott MB,Welliver RC Sr,Laughlin TS,Pryharski KS,LaPierre NA,Chen T,Souza V,Terio NB,Hancock GE

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The S RNA genome segment of hantaviruses carried by Arvicolinae and Sigmodontinae rodents encodes the nucleocapsid (N) protein and has an overlapping (+1) open reading frame (ORF) for a putative nonstructural protein (NSs). The aim of this study was to determine whether the ORF is functional. A protein corresponding t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Jääskeläinen KM,Kaukinen P,Minskaya ES,Plyusnina A,Vapalahti O,Elliott RM,Weber F,Vaheri A,Plyusnin A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), which is one of several arenaviruses that are pathogenic for humans, causes encephalitis and meningitis in man. In this study, single-stage and nested reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays were developed that targeted the GPC and N genes of LCMV. Bot...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Park JY,Peters CJ,Rollin PE,Ksiazek TG,Gray B,Waites KB,Stephensen CB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence of HPV infection in the genital tracts of women with normal PAP smears, a random series of 109 women was reexamined using colposcopy, a further PAP smear, and punch biopsies taken from the cervix (in 33 cases), vagina (212 cases), and anus (20 cases). The biopsy material was examined using rou...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Syrjänen S,Saastamoinen J,Chang FJ,Ji HX,Syrjänen K

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to adamantanes for treating influenza A(H3N2) has increased dramatically, worldwide, over the past 5 years. A comprehensive 10-year data set on the rise of adamantane-resistance in Hong Kong is reported. Nucleotide sequences encoding the M2-ion channel of influenza A(H3N2) were obtained from 281 H3N2 isolat...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tang JW,Ngai KL,Wong JC,Lam WY,Chan PK

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study revealed a high prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) RNA among 249 apparently healthy individuals (mean+/-standard deviation age, 48.4+/-13.9 years; 126 males and 123 females) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. To investigate further the prevalence of HDV infection ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Inoue J,Takahashi M,Nishizawa T,Narantuya L,Sakuma M,Kagawa Y,Shimosegawa T,Okamoto H

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV), the sole member of the genus Hepevirus in the family of Hepeviridae, is the major cause of several outbreaks of waterborne hepatitis in tropical and subtropical countries and of sporadic cases of viral hepatitis in endemic and industrialized countries. Transmission of HEV occurs predominantly ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mushahwar IK

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurologic sequelae can be devastating complications of respiratory viral infections. We report the presence of virus in neural and capillary endothelial cells in frontal lobe tissue obtained at postmortem examination from a patient infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Our observ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Paniz-Mondolfi A,Bryce C,Grimes Z,Gordon RE,Reidy J,Lednicky J,Sordillo EM,Fowkes M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A viable virus could not be recovered from a mutant murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) BAC in which the M34 ORF had been deleted (BACDeltaM34). In contrast, an M34 mutant virus (RcM34), in which the M34 ORF was interrupted by transposon insertion at nt 44,827 of the Smith MCMV BAC, was attenuated in replication both in tis...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Baluchova K,Kirby M,Ahasan MM,Sweet C

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study compared the efficacy of standard and extended durations of PEG-IFNα-2a monotherapy for treatment of HBeAg-negative Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B. Patients were randomized to receive standard therapy (n = 38; 48 weeks treatment) or extended therapy (n = 42; 72 weeks treatment). Extended t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chen X,Chen X,Chen W,Ma X,Huang J,Chen R

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define better the human immune response to individual structural proteins of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), 55 human sera with different IgG and IgM titres were studied for their reactivity with HCMV structural polypeptides separated by SDS-PAGE and electrotransferred to nitrocellulose paper. The results obtained sh...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Landini MP,Re MC,Mirolo G,Baldassarri B,La Placa M

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamivudine therapy often causes breakthrough of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA and breakthrough hepatitis. The aim of this study was to determine the viral factors that relate to HBV-DNA breakthrough with and without breakthrough hepatitis. Among 82 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who received lamivudine at a dos...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Horiike N,Duong TN,Michitaka K,Joko K,Hiasa Y,Konishi I,Yano M,Onji M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever infection (CCHF) is a viral zoonosis. The pathogenesis of this disease has not been established so far, however, cytokines account for its progression and outcome. The aim of the present study is to investigate the association between chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) gene Δ32 mutation and pa...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Rustemoglu A,Ekinci D,Nursal AF,Barut S,Duygu F,Günal Ö

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although analytical treatment interruption is used as a strategy to test immunotherapeutic agents in HIV-infection, it may pose a risk for study participants. The potential risks of short-term interruption of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during treatment with an autologous dendritic cell immune-based therapy (AGS-004-...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Routy JP,Boulassel MR,Nicolette CA,Jacobson JM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are limited reports on the etiology of multiple enteric viruses causing acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in North India. In the present study we have determined the prevalence of three enteric viruses, namely rotavirus, astrovirus (AstV) and adenovirus (AdV) in a total of 312 diarrheic children (<5 years) hospitalize...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Akdag AI,Gupta S,Khan N,Upadhayay A,Ray P

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus vaccines have been available in Japan since 2011. This study conducted to monitor the trend of group A rotavirus (RVA) genotypes 3 years after vaccine introduction. A total of, 539 fecal samples were collected from children with acute gastroenteritis in six regions during July 2014-June 2015. Among them, 178...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Khandoker N,Thongprachum A,Takanashi S,Okitsu S,Nishimura S,Kikuta H,Yamamoto A,Sugita K,Baba T,Kobayashi M,Hayakawa S,Mizuguchi M,Ushijima H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hybrid cell line producing monoclonal antibodies recognizing an epitope encoded by the pre-(S)2 region of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome was obtained by fusion of mouse myeloma cells with lymphocytes from mice immunized with HBV. The monoclonal antibody Mo-F124 secreted from the hybrid line reacted with the pre-S(2)...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Budkowska A,Riottot MM,Dubreuil P,Lazizi Y,Brechot C,Sobczak E,Petit MA,Pillot J

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkali-dissociated, purified preparations of prototype coxsackievirus B4 release a protein kinase that catalyzes the incorporation of gamma-phosphate from 32P-labeled ATP into three virus capsid proteins (VP1, VP3, VP4), several additional proteins of the particle, and exogenous acceptor proteins. Using protamine sulf...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chatterjee NK,Nejman C

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00