Detection and characterisation of bisegmented double-stranded RNA viruses (picobirnaviruses) in human faecal specimens.

abstract：:Immune-specific IFN (IFN) is produced by the peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes (PBML) of greater than 95% of HSV-seropositive humans with infrequent recurrences of herpes labialis [Green, Yeh, and Overall, 1981]. However, herpes virus-induced immune-specific IFN was produced by PBML from only 33 of 48 (68.8%) pe...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Green JA,Weiss PN,Yeh TJ,Spruance SL

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The competitive ELISA test was compared with competitive RIA, complement fixation, and indirect fluorescent antibody test for the detection of antibody to varicella-zoster virus (VZV). ELISA and RIA were the most sensitive tests, being tenfold as sensitive as indirect immunofluorescence and 20 times as sensitive as co...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wreghitt TG,Tedder RS,Nagington J,Ferns RB

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular investigation was undertaken of circulating hepatitis A virus (HAV) associated with cases of acute diarrhea among children under 5 years of age in Kumba-Cameroon. Reverse transcription PCR, sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis of a 371 bp segment of the VP1/P2A junction of six isolates obtained from stool s...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Forbi JC,Agwale SM,Ndip LM,Esona MD

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2002, several epidemics of aseptic meningitis were attributed to echovirus 13 in Korea. The causative agents of these outbreaks were isolated and identified using rhabdosarcoma cells, HEp-2 and Buffalo green monkey kidney cells, and a neutralization test using monospecific antiserum. Fifty-four echovirus 13 iso...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Cheon DS,Lee J,Lee K,Lee S,Park K,Ahn J,Jee Y,Yoon J,Cho H

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:During the 1976 Ebola virus outbreak in Sudan, the investigations team gained the impression that fewer haemorrhagic manifestations and few fatalities occurred during the later stages of the epidemic after the virus had undergone several generations in man. This impression was also noted in guinea pigs experimentally ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bowen ET,Platt GS,Lloyd G,Raymond RT,Simpson DI

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on the serological response toward severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 16 recent reports were analyzed and a high degree of variability was shown. Immunoglobulin M (IgM) responses were either found earlier than IgG, or together with IgG, later than IgG, or were missing. Therefore, clea...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bauer G

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with thalassemia may also have cardiac abnormalities due to congenital problems, anemia, and increased burden of iron in their myocardium. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of direct acting antiviral (DAA) therapy on the cardiac function of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Khosravi A,Karimi-Sari H,Abedi-Andani M,Behnava B,Namvar A,Anvar A,Alavian SM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular epidemiological study on common diarrheal viruses was conducted in a children's hospital in Ho Chi Minh City between December 2005 and November 2006. Fecal samples were collected from 502 pediatric patients with acute gastroenteritis, and were screened for eight types of viral agents. Human astroviruses (H...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Nguyen TA,Hoang L,Pham le D,Hoang KT,Mizuguchi M,Okitsu S,Ushijima H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of HCV genotypes in four republics of the former Soviet Union (Russia, Belarus, Moldova, and Uzbekistan) was investigated. Overall, 197 HCV isolates from 66 blood donors and 131 patients with chronic hepatitis were typed. Viral sequences from sera of infected subjects were amplified by nested RT-PCR usi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Viazov S,Kuzin S,Paladi N,Tchernovetsky M,Isaeva E,Mazhul L,Vasychova F,Widell A,Roggendorf M

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:The substitution of amino acid (aa) 70 of arginine for glutamine and/or that of aa91 of leucine for methionine in the core protein in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1b is associated with a poor response to pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Factors influencing these substitutions were sought ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kobayashi M,Akuta N,Suzuki F,Hosaka T,Sezaki H,Kobayashi M,Suzuki Y,Arase Y,Ikeda K,Watahiki S,Mineta R,Iwasaki S,Miyakawa Y,Kumada H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicella zoster-virus (VZV) is a humanpathogenic alpha-Herpesvirus that causes chickenpox after primary infection. The virus spreads by aerosol or direct contact with infectious vesical fluids, it enters the body via the respiratory tract. In a first viremic stage it replicates in local lymph nodes, followed by a sec...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Koenig A,Wolff MH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus, with two known genotypes named A and B, is associated with mild respiratory symptoms to severe LRTI in children, high-risk adults and the elderly. Rapid and reliable methods of hMPV detection in clinical samples are essential to implement appropriate care, to better understand the pathology of h...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Manoha C,Bour JB,Pitoiset C,Darniot M,Aho S,Pothier P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) activity has fluctuated in the south-central United States since its introduction. Seasonal outbreaks are common, with three in Oklahoma during 2003, 2007, and 2012. Morbidity and mortality rates vary during each outbreak. Long-term neurologic sequelae in association with West Nile virus disease ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Johnson MG,Adams J,McDonald-Hamm C,Wendelboe A,Bradley KK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human rhinovirus (HRV), a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus, is associated with mild upper respiratory tract infections in children. The aim of this study was to carry out a molecular characterization and phylogeny-based classification of the circulating genotypes of HRV in hospitalized children with clinical ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Espínola EE,Russomando G,Aquino C,Basualdo W

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random peptide library of heptamers displayed on the surface of M13 bacteriophage was used to identify specific epitopes of antibodies in pooled sera of swine naturally infected by Nipah virus. The selected heptapeptides were aligned with protein sequences of Nipah virus and several putative epitopes were identified...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Eshaghi M,Tan WS,Yusoff K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the data obtained using the new LIAISON® XL chemiluminescence system to search for HBsAg, anti-HCV, and anti-HIV1-2/p24 Ag with those obtained using the VITROS system currently adopted by the Microbiology Unit of the Hospital of Legnano. Routine samples of patients who were referre...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

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

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of quantitative assays for hepatitis C virus specific antibodies (anti-HCV) as a prognostic marker was evaluated in 31 patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon (IFN). Changes in titers of serum HCV-RNA and anti-HCV antibodies; anti-C11 (anti-core), anti-C100 (anti-NS3), and anti-C7 (anti-NS3) ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Urushihara A,Sodeyama T,Matsumoto A,Tanaka E

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotype II.4 noroviruses (NoVs) are a leading cause of epidemic acute gastroenteritis in children and adults worldwide. The prevalence of different NoV genotypes causing outbreaks and sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in the region of Valencia, Spain, during a 4-year period (2008-11) was investigated. NoVs were...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Carmona-Vicente N,Fernández-Jiménez M,Ribes JM,Téllez-Castillo CJ,Khodayar-Pardo P,Rodríguez-Diaz J,Buesa J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicochemical and molecular characterization studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV), the major causative agent of parenterally transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis (PT-NANBH), strongly suggest that it is a pesti-/flavivirus-like virus. Additional studies show that the buoyant density of plasma-derived HCV in sucrose is si...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bradley D,McCaustland K,Krawczynski K,Spelbring J,Humphrey C,Cook EH

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：:COVID-19 pandemic has affected over 100 countries in a matter of weeks. People's response toward social distancing in the emerging pandemic is uncertain. In this study, we evaluated the influence of information (formal and informal) sources on situational awareness of the public for adopting health-protective behavior...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Qazi A,Qazi J,Naseer K,Zeeshan M,Hardaker G,Maitama JZ,Haruna K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentiviral vectors are prime candidate vectors for gene transfer into dividing and non-dividing cells, including neuronal cells and stem cells. For safety, HIV-2 lentiviral vectors may be better suited for gene transfer in humans than HIV-1 lentiviral vectors. HIV-2 vectors cross-packaged in HIV-1 cores may be even sa...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： D'Costa J,Harvey-White J,Qasba P,Limaye A,Kaneski CR,Davis-Warren A,Brady RO,Bankiewicz KS,Major EO,Arya SK

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of female high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection in Shaanxi province of China. A total of 14 111 women were enrolled for HPV genotyping test, and a cytology, and/or cervix biopsy were performed in partial women. Of these women, the HPV infection rate was 3...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Cao D,Zhang S,Zhang Q,Wei X,Zhao M,Ma Q,Li Y,Wang L,Pei M,Yang T,Zhao J,Yang X

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV)-specific IgG and IgA antibody response in patients with HSV infection and in healthy adults was studied by the immunoperoxidase antibody-membrane antigen (IPAMA) technique. In all HSV infections in which specific IgM antibodies were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a si...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Hadar T,Sarov I

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:The risk and clearance of GB virus type C (GBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection was investigated in a cohort of homosexual men (n=180; median follow-up time, 7 years). The interaction between GBV-C/HGV RNA and antibodies against the E2 region of the virus, and the clinical impact of chronic GBV-C/HGV infection wer...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Stark K,Doering CD,Bienzle U,Pauli G,Hamouda O,Engel AM,Schreier E

更新日期：1999-11-01 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