Hepatitis C virus genotypes in hemodialysis patients in Angola.

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：:A novel coronavirus associated with acute respiratory disease (named SARS-CoV-2) is recently identified in Wuhan city, China, spread rapidly worldwide. Early identification of this novel coronavirus by molecular tools is critical for surveillance and control of the epidemic outbreak. We aimed to establish a simple met...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Son HA,Hang DTT,Thuan ND,Quyen LTB,Thuong LTH,Nga VT,Quang LB,Hung TT,Son NT,Linh NT,Nam LV,Van Ba N,Tien TV,Quyet D,Van Luong H,Su HX

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare-associated infections with hepatitis C virus (HCV) hitherto have been observed mainly in hemodialysis settings as well as in hematology and oncology wards. In this communication, molecular and epidemiologic investigations to elucidate an HCV outbreak in an orthopedic ward are reported. One hundred and thirt...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ross RS,Viazov S,Khudyakov YE,Xia GL,Lin Y,Holzmann H,Sebesta C,Roggendorf M,Janata O

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Heterogeneity of hepatitis C viral (HCV) genomes of several isolates from different countries has been reported, but there is little information on HCV isolates for the Federal Republic of Germany. Therefore, the nucleotide (nt) and deduced amino acid (aa) sequences of interesting parts of the viral genome derived fro...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Müller HM,Pfaff E,Goeser T,Theilmann L

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV) replicates in cells from various mammalian species including humans and is a potential contaminant in MLV vector preparations for human gene transfer studies. In general, MLV replication depends on the expression of viral genes under the control of 75 bp enhancer elements in the...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Reuss FU,Berdel B,Heber R,Bantel-Schaal U

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With virus-infected autologous and allogenic mononuclear cells as specific targets, the development of cell-mediated cytotoxic reactivity to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was studied in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) in groups of infants with acute RSV infection and in other control groups of subjects during a...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chiba Y,Higashidate Y,Suga K,Honjo K,Tsutsumi H,Ogra PL

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient method for cloning subgenomic fragments of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) was developed, utilizing its abundant single-stranded replicative intermediates. The total genomic DNA obtained from the liver tissue of patients with chronic HBV infection was treated by using the Klenow fragment of E. coli DNA polyme...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kajino K,Ohta Y,Miyamura T,Saito I

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metastasis status of pelvic lymph nodes (PLNs) seems to be a predictive factor of survival. It was suggested that the presence of HPV DNA and other biological markers in PLN may indicate a sub clinical early metastasis. The aim was to describe the prevalence and distribution patterns of HPV DNA and H-ras mutations...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Landro ME,Dalbert D,Picconi MA,Cúneo N,González J,Vornetti S,Bazán G,Mural J,Basiletti J,Teyssié AR,Alonio LV

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for prenatal diagnosis of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection was determined by retrospective testing of 35 amniotic fluids identified previously as positive or negative for HCMV by virus isolation. Amniocentesis was performed in 26 pregnant women with primary ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Revello MG,Baldanti F,Furione M,Sarasini A,Percivalle E,Zavattoni M,Gerna G

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period 2007-2008 several epizootics of Yellow fever with dead of monkeys occurred in southeastern Brasil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. In 2008 after a Yellow fever outbreak an exhaustive prevention campaign took place in Argentina using 17D live attenuated Yellow fever vaccine. This vaccine is cons...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Pires-Marczeski FC,Martinez VP,Nemirovsky C,Padula PJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only recently have we begun to fully realize the diversity of virions within a single human isolate of the group B Coxsackieviruses. These intratypic (strain) differences may be one of the important factors influencing pathogenesis, e.g., myocarditis vs. pancreatitis. Yet, until the virion strains within a type can be...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Webb SR,Kearse KP,Foulke CL,Hartig PC,Prabhakar BS

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to assess the genotypic and phenotypic properties of 18 viral strains from human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) positive patients and to identify subtype C isolates for vaccine design strategies. All the isolates were non-syncytium-inducing (NSI) in both the primary and MT-2 cell cultu...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Treurnicht FK,Smith TL,Engelbrecht S,Claassen M,Robson BA,Zeier M,van Rensburg EJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many reports have already shown RSV outbreaks among hemato-oncology patients, genomic studies detecting similar RSV strains prior to an outbreak in the hospital are rare. In 2014, the University of the Ryukyus hospital hemato-oncology unit experienced, and successfully managed, a respiratory syncytial virus (...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Nabeya D,Kinjo T,Parrott GL,Uehara A,Motooka D,Nakamura S,Nahar S,Nakachi S,Nakamatsu M,Maeshiro S,Haranaga S,Tateyama M,Tomoyose T,Masuzaki H,Horii T,Fujita J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among Tunisian women, and the incidence rates vary by region. Three Tunisian registries report age-standardized rates of 6.3/10(5) in the central region, 5.4/10(5) in the north, and 2.7/10(5) in the south. High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types and their variants di...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： KrennHrubec K,Mrad K,Sriha B,Ben Ayed F,Bottalico DM,Ostolaza J,Smith B,Tchaikovska T,Soliman AS,Burk RD

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reported positive rates of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) among Chinese blood donors generally do not include data from pre-donation rapid tests. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of serologic markers for HBsAg and risk factors among blood donors from Chengdu, China. From April 2010 t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Zhong L,Xi G,Zhang L,Liu S,Wan L,Yu L,Zhou M,Zhang J,He Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) commonly suffer from opportunistic infections associated with members of the herpes virus family. To investigate whether certain of these other viruses might have an effect on the ability of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) to replicate, we coincub...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tremblay M,Gornitsky M,Wainberg MA

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:The burden of herpes zoster may be related to patients' immunity, although this has not been studied extensively. This hypothesis was tested in a matched case-control study of patients with herpes zoster who sought treatment at one of seven university hospitals in Korea from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2010. Pati...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Choi WS,Kwon SS,Lee J,Choi SM,Lee JS,Eom JS,Sohn JW,Choeng HJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the most important cause of admission to hospital for acute lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children worldwide. Only few studies have investigated the molecular evolution of HRSV, and none has been conduct ed in Italy. The genetic diversity of the...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Montieri S,Puzelli S,Ciccozzi M,Calzoletti L,Di Martino A,Milia MG,Rossi A,Piro F,Rezza G,Donatelli I

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a male caucasian German pediatric patient of no Arab or Mediterranean ancestry with virus associated CNS lesions in Griscelli's syndrome (GS; McKusick No. 214450). The boy presented with recurrent infections, and meningitis with subsequent progressive signs of increased intracranial pressure leading to death...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wagner M,Müller-Berghaus J,Schroeder R,Sollberg S,Luka J,Leyssens N,Schneider B,Krueger GR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictive factors of HCV relapse after treatment with DAAs are poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to assess whether the residual viral load positivity observed during or at the end of treatment (EOT) has an impact on viral outcome. Blood samples were collected from 337 patients with genotypes (GT) 1a, 1b, 2, ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Visco-Comandini U,Lapa D,Lionetti R,Taibi C,Loiacono L,Montalbano M,Capobianchi MR,D'Offizi G,Garbuglia AR

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A solid phase enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that detects IgM and IgG to hepatitis E virus (HEV) was used to study seroepidemiology in 40 healthy subjects and 227 consecutive patients with liver diseases in an endemic area. Fifty-two of the liver diseases patients (22.9 percent) had acute hepatitis E. In co...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Khuroo MS,Rustgi VK,Dawson GJ,Mushahwar IK,Yattoo GN,Kamili S,Khan BA

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:From November 2004 to April 2007, specimens were obtained from 2,281 patients with acute respiratory tract illness in Normandy, France. Eighteen strains of influenza C virus were detected in these samples using a combined tissue culture/RT-PCR diagnostic method. Most patients with influenza C virus infection (13/18) w...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Gouarin S,Vabret A,Dina J,Petitjean J,Brouard J,Cuvillon-Nimal D,Freymuth F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) as well as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) induce polyclonal B-cell activation and are associated with the appearance of lymphomas in their respective hosts in either the presence or the absence of other co-infecting viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). However, the pathogen...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Titti F,Zamarchi R,Maggiorella MT,Sernicola L,Geraci A,Negri DR,Borsetti A,Menin C,D'Andrea E,Modesti A,Masuelli L,Verani P,Chieco-Bianchi L,Amadori A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevalence study performed in 2003 in Belgium is believed to be underestimating HBV prevalence due to underrepresentation of the non-Belgian population. Therefore, we assessed the prevalence and risk factors of HBV infection in a multi-ethnic region situated in Middle-Limb...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Koc ÖM,Kremer C,Bielen R,Buscchots D,Hens N,Nevens F,Robaeys G

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:In this meta-analysis, we evaluated the diagnostic role of Epstein-Barr virus deoxyribonucleic acid detection and quantitation in the serum of pediatric and young adult patients with infectious mononucleosis. The primary outcome of this meta-analysis was the sensitivity and specificity of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) deox...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Jiang SY,Yang JW,Shao JB,Liao XL,Lu ZH,Jiang H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA samples from recurrent condylomata acuminata biopsies of Greek males and females were examined for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA using high-stringency Southern blot hybridization analysis. Of the twenty-six biopsies, 25 were positive for the HPV 6/11-related DNA sequences, and when further analyze...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Labropoulou V,Balamotis A,Tosca A,Rotola A,Mavromara-Nazos P

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00