Prognostic value of adenosine deaminase compared to other markers for progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among intravenous drug users.

abstract：:A metagenomic approach based on target independent next-generation sequencing has become a known method for the detection of both known and novel viruses in clinical samples. This study aimed to use the metagenomic sequencing approach to characterize the viral diversity in respiratory samples from patients with respir...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Madi N,Al-Nakib W,Mustafa AS,Habibi N

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion during chronic HBV infection is known to play an important role in disease progression and patient response to antiviral agents. The aim of the present study was to analyze gender disparity in distribution of major hydrophilic region (MHR) variants according to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lee SA,Cho YK,Lee KH,Hwang ES,Kook YH,Kim BJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms upstream interleukin (IL)-28B gene and serum levels of interferon gamma inducible protein-10 (IP-10) are associated with spontaneous and treatment-induced hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance. Patients with seronegative occult HCV infection are anti-HCV and serum HCV-RNA negative but have viral RNA in liver...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bartolomé J,Castillo I,Quiroga JA,Carreño V

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Female renal transplant recipients have an increased incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) associated lesions, such as cervical dysplasia and neoplasia [Schneider et al., 1983]. In this study we tested the serological responses by enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assays (ELISA) to 3 different antigenic regions of HPV t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lewensohn-Fuchs I,Wester D,Bistoletti P,Elfgren K,Ohlman S,Dillner J,Dalianis T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some aspects of rotavirus humoral immunity were assessed on the basis of distinguishing serotype-specific specificities (VP4/VP7) by using rotavirus reassortants, human and animal strains in neutralization assays in serum samples obtained during the acute phase, and 1, 6 and 12 months after primary natural infection. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Rojas AM,Boher Y,Guntiñas MJ,Pérez-Schael I

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A virus (HAV) strains circulating in the St. Petersburg and Karelia regions was studied during 1997-2003. Hepatitis A virus RNA was isolated from both clinical samples (stools or sera) and environmental samples (sewage water). RT-PCR was carried out using different primer pairs ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Davidkin I,Zheleznova N,Jokinen S,Gorchakova O,Broman M,Mukomolov S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 drug resistance mutations (DRMs) and substitutions were assessed after the failure of the first line non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) + 2 nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) treatment regimens (efavirenz [EFV] + lamivudine[3TC] + zidovudine [ZDV] vs. EFV + 3TC +...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Avi R,Pauskar M,Karki T,Kallas E,Jõgeda EL,Margus T,Huik K,Lutsar I

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a consequence of the high prevalence of TorqueTeno virus (TTV) in blood donors, thalassemia patients frequently acquire various genotypes of this virus through therapeutic blood transfusions. At present, the clinical consequences of TTV infection remain indeterminate for these patients. Here, several hundred thalas...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Hu YW,Al-Moslih MI,Al Ali MT,Uzicanin S,Perkins H,Yi QL,Rahimi Khameneh S,Wu J,Brown EG

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is classified as two distinct species: HHV-6A and B. HHV-6B infection can cause several clinical manifestations in transplant recipients including encephalitis, bone marrow suppression, and pneumonitis. In contrast to HHV-6B, the clinical features of HHV-6A infection remain largely undefine...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ihira M,Yamaki A,Kato Y,Higashimoto Y,Kawamura Y,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is usually transmitted by an oral-fecal route and is prevalent not only in developing countries but also in developed countries. In the present study, the phylogenetic characterization of the VP1/2A junction region (321 nucleotides) of China HAV isolates was examined. Anti-HAV IgM-positive seru...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Cao J,Bi S,Meng Q,Shen L,Zheng H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with human polyomaviruses BKV and JCV is asymptomatic, and lifelong and widespread, among the general population. However, in the setting of immunosuppression, secondary to medications or viral infection, for example, with HIV, reactivation can occur and result in severe disease. In this study, stool specime...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Babakir-Mina M,Ciccozzi M,Alteri C,Polchi P,Picardi A,Greco F,Lucarelli G,Arcese W,Perno CF,Ciotti M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared characteristics of patients with GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) RNA to those of patients with GBV-C/HGV E2-antibody. GBV-C/HGV RNA and GBV-C/HGV antibody were assayed in 83 persons with hemophilia using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, re...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Toyoda H,Takahashi I,Fukuda Y,Hayakawa T,Takamatsu J

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:A novel real-time PCR assay system was developed to quantify the cytomegalovirus (CMV) genome load. The real-time PCR assay could detect from 6 to over 10(6) copies of CMV-DNA with a wide linear range. The virus load of immunocompromised patients with symptomatic CMV infections was quantified and compared to that of a...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tanaka N,Kimura H,Iida K,Saito Y,Tsuge I,Yoshimi A,Matsuyama T,Morishima T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of an acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection on the serological parameters of persistent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) was studied. Sera from 161 patients with infectious mononucleosis caused by EBV and 178 age-matched controls were tested for HSV- and VZV-specific IgA. 98...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Karner W,Bauer G

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantavirus infection during pregnancy can influence both maternal and fetal outcomes. Here, we describe four cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in pregnant Chinese women. The HFRS put these women at increased risk for severe illness, despite the patients' symptomologies in the onset phase were simil...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ji F,Zhao W,Liu H,Zheng H,Wang S,He C,Wang W,Zhang R,Bai D,Tian C,Zhao W,Deng H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outbreaks of gastroenteritis are a major public health problem in New Zealand. The introduction of molecular detection methods has now shown that the 'Norwalk-like viruses' (NLVs) are the major cause of food and waterborne nonbacterial gastroenteritis. Reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Greening GE,Mirams M,Berke T

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 102,600 upper respiratory infections (URI) were recorded among young military conscripts in the Finnish Defence Forces during the study period from October 1991 to March 1994. This period covered three outbreaks caused by H3N2-subtype influenza A virus and one outbreak of influenza B. During the 1991/92 out...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Pyhälä R,Visakorpi R,Ikonen N,Kleemola M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an 8-day-old child had died with clinical signs of septicemia, 6 other newborns fell ill. Virus was isolated from various sites from all the 6 children (28 isolations). The agent was identified by cross neutralization tests as an antigenic variant of Echovirus 11. The agent could not be isolated from mothers or ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mertens T,Hager H,Eggers HJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A virus infections have been reported recently among hemophilic patients in Italy and Germany, leading to speculation that infectious hepatitis A virus (HAV) might have been present in some factor VIII concentrates. In both cases, the implicated factor concentrates had been treated by a solvent/detergent met...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Murphy P,Nowak T,Lemon SM,Hilfenhaus J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus variants escaping from host immunity may be implicated in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In this cross-sectional study, the association was evaluated of the frequency of amino acid variation within the immunogenic epitopes of surface gene with different disease stages of chronic HBV infec...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Liu CJ,Kao JH,Shau WY,Chen PJ,Lai MY,Chen DS

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of T-cells in clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) during acute infection is critical. The relevance of the immunological response in the control of HCV replication is less clear in chronic HCV infection. HCV-specific T-cell responses were examined in 92 interferon-naive individuals with chronic hepatitis C. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Capa L,Soriano V,García-Samaniego J,Nuñez M,Romero M,Cascajero A,Muñoz F,González-Lahoz J,Benito JM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular source(s) and the clinical significance of persistent low-level viremia, below 50 HIV RNA copies per ml of plasma, achieved in many patients with high adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) remain unclear. Also, it is not clear if residual plasma HIVs during HAART can become predominant...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sahu GK,Paar D,Frost SD,Smith MM,Weaver S,Cloyd MW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes two measles outbreaks--one in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2002, and the other in Luanda, Angola in March 2003. The outbreaks were notable because they were caused by closely related genotype B2 viruses. This genotype was first described in an outbreak in Libreville, Gabon in the 1980s and ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Smit SB,Hardie D,Tiemessen CT

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) prototype isolate GS is a newly identified lymphotropic herpesvirus and several subsequent herpes isolates were recognized as HHV-6 by their hybridization to a HHV-6(GS) DNA probe pZVH14. DNA restriction analysis and in vitro tropism studies show that HHV-6 isolates can be divided into two ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chandran B,Tirawatnapong S,Pfeiffer B,Ablashi DV

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA or hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA has been facilitated by adapting a spin column procedure for sample preparation and the use of chemiluminescent detection of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products in microtiter plate format. All materials were comme...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lin HJ,Tanwandee T,Hollinger FB

更新日期：1997-01-01 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