Analysis of clinical and virological factors associated with response to alpha interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C.

abstract：:The current study aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of glycated albumin (GA), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and a number of routine biomarkers as noninvasive indicators of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). One hundred patients with CHC were subjected to full medical history and examinat...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Abo El-Khair SM,El-Alfy HA,Elsamanoudy AZ,Elhammady D,Abd-Elfattah N,Eldeek B,Farid K

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence trend of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and their genotype distribution among hemodialysis patients, determining their long-term prognosis and the risk factors to the mortality. This cohort study used both the medical data and the blood sam...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ko K,Nagashima S,Yamamoto C,Takahashi K,Matsuo J,Ohisa M,Akita T,Matyakubov J,Mirzaev U,Katayama K,Masaki T,Tanaka J

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the absorption of false radioimmunoassay (RIA) IgM titres against herpes simplex virus (HSV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) is presented. The serum specimens were absorbed by a mixture of protein A-Sepharose and protein A-Sepharose saturated with normal human gamma globulin (PAS/IgG). The detection of rheumato...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Torfason EG,Diderholm H

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a variety of epithelial, embryonal, placental, and neuronal cells to express the CD4 antigen and to be infected by human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) was examined. Only two (IMR-32 and HeLa-T4) expressed CD4 detectable by indirect immunofluorescence, and both were infectable by HIV-1. Two others, a ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Morrison NK,McCarthy K,Hart CA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruitment of leukocytes by chemokines and chemokine receptors to CNS plays a crucial role in the induction of inflammatory response in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). In the present study, chemokine and chemokine receptors involved in trafficking of lymphocytes to the CNS were me...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Rafatpanah H,Felegari M,Azarpazhooh MR,Vakili R,Rajaei T,Hampson I,Hassanshahi G,Valizadeh N,Gerayli S,Hamid F,Zamanian S,MollaHosseini F,Rezaee SA

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:JC and BK polyomaviruses (JCV and BKV) infect humans and can cause severe illnesses in immunocompromised patients. Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) can be found in skin carcinomas. In this study, we assessed the occurrence of serum antibodies against MCPyV, BKV, and JCV polyomaviruses in a healthy population of the Cz...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sroller V,Hamšíková E,Ludvíková V,Vochozková P,Kojzarová M,Fraiberk M,Saláková M,Morávková A,Forstová J,Němečková S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the framework of a comprehensive study of the correlation between enteric diseases and wastewater utilization in agricultural settlements (kibbutzim) the prevalence of several viral antibodies was examined among kibbutz residents and overseas volunteers. The latter were assumed to be a group highly susceptible ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Margalith M,Fattal B,Shuval HI,Morag A

更新日期：1986-10-01 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：:Palatine tonsils have been observed to harbor several distinct respiratory and herpesviruses in separate studies. In this study, the presence of these viruses in palatine tonsils was comprehensively studied in both children and adults. A cross-sectional analysis of 181 patients (median age 22 years; range, 2.6-66) ope...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Silvoniemi A,Mikola E,Ivaska L,Jeskanen M,Löyttyniemi E,Puhakka T,Vuorinen T,Jartti T

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can occur through airborne route, in addition to contaminated surfaces and objects. In hospitals, it has been confirmed by several studies that SRAS-CoV-2 can contaminate surfaces and medical equipment especially in hospitals dedicat...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Elbadawy HM,Khattab A,Alalawi A,Aljohani F,Sundogji H,Mahmoud AS,Abouzied M,Eltahir HM,Alahmadey Z,Bahashwan S,Suliman BA

更新日期：2021-01-26 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：:The ability of dengue virus-infected human monocyte-derived macrophages to induce permeability changes in primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells was investigated. Supernatants from dengue virus type 2-infected monocyte-derived macrophages increased permeability in human umbilical vein endothelial cell monolaye...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Carr JM,Hocking H,Bunting K,Wright PJ,Davidson A,Gamble J,Burrell CJ,Li P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sapoviruses (SaVs) are a common cause of the acute gastroenteritis epidemic worldwide, and SaV outbreaks and infections have become more frequent in recent years. Since the end of December, 2015 to December, 2016, 2 gastroenteritis outbreaks occurred in 2 kindergarten classes (outbreaks A and B) in the Baoan dis...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wang Md J,Li PhD Y,Kong Md X,Li PhD H,Zhang Ba Q,Jin PhD M,Wang PhD Y,Duan PhD Z

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anal cancer is a rare disease. Nevertheless, it may be a reason for concern among groups in which its incidence is increasing: those who engage in anoreceptive intercourse, promiscuous persons, and those with sexually transmitted infections (HPV and HIV). The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of abnorma...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chaves EB,Folgierini H,Capp E,von Eye Corleta H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the state of dual infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), HBV-DNA and HCV-RNA levels were determined by spot hybridization or polymerase chain reaction in the sera of patients who were positive for both hepatitis B surface antigen and HCV antibody. Among 27 patients who show...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Koike K,Yasuda K,Yotsuyanagi H,Moriya K,Hino K,Kurokawa K,Iino S

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：:The current Agence Nationale de Recherche sur le SIDA (ANRS)/International AIDS Society (IAS) algorithm predicts resistance to etravirine for viruses harboring >/=3 mutations from a list of 13 reverse transcriptase (RT) mutations. Two weighted algorithms, best correlated with fold changes to etravirine, have been desc...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Cotte L,Trabaud MA,Tardy JC,Brochier C,Gilibert RP,Miailhes P,Trépo C,André P

更新日期：2009-04-01 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 presence of hepatitis GB virus C (GBV-C), also known as hepatitis G virus (HGV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) were investigated in sera from 45 hemophiliacs from nine locations in Nicaragua using a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Primers used to detect GBV-C and HCV derived from the helicase region and 5'UT...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： González-Pérez MA,Norder H,Bergström A,Lopéz E,Visoná KA,Magnius LO

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to Ljungan virus (LV) is implicated in the risk of autoimmune (type 1) diabetes but possible contribution by other parechoviruses is not ruled out. The aim was to compare children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2005-2011 (n = 69) with healthy controls (n = 294), all from the Jämtland County in Sweden, usin...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Nilsson AL,Vaziri-Sani F,Broberg P,Elfaitouri A,Pipkorn R,Blomberg J,Ivarsson SA,Elding Larsson H,Lernmark Å

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased immigration from developing regions to Western countries raises public health concerns related to blood-borne viruses. The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infections among recent immigrants attending...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Toro C,Jiménez V,Rodríguez C,Del Romero J,Rodés B,Holguín A,Alvarez P,García-Campello M,Gómez-Hernando C,Guelar A,Sheldon J,de Mendoza C,Simón A,Soriano V

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and the outcome of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections were evaluated in 83 adult recipients of allogenic bone marrow transplantation. Virological and serological surveillance was performed weekly for 3 months posttransplant, and then every other week or every month until 1 year. CMV infection occurred in 4...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Guyotat D,Gibert R,Chomel J,Archimbaud E,Bossard S,Maupas J,Fiere D,Aymard M

更新日期：1987-12-01 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：:A modified centrifugation culture technique and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is described for detection of early antigen and IE antigen DNA, respectively, for rapid and sensitive monitoring of active cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection after organ transplantation. In a preliminary study, 541 clinical specimens (bloo...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Prösch S,Kimel V,Dawydowa I,Krüger DH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latency associated peptide (LAP) is a protein expressed on the membrane of some regulatory T cells (Treg). LAP+ Treg have a greater immunomodulatory effect than that of their negative counterparts. In this study, we presented the data on the proportion of LAP+ Treg out of CD4+ cells in mice with viral myocarditis, whi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wang X,Ge J,Chen R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of 505 cases history of patients among men with viral hepatitis demonstrates that HBV infected patients represent 68.9% of the total and that a non-parenteral rate of transmission is the most likely means of hepatitis B infection. Saliva and serum testing for the presence of specific HBV markers (HBsAg, HBeAg...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Zhevachevsky NG,Nomokonova NY,Beklemishev AB,Belov GF

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 infections due to non-B subtypes are increasing rapidly in number and spreading across Europe. The genetic nature of HIV-1 non-B variants containing subtype G sequences at the protease (PR)-coding region are described from 48 unrelated subjects living in Spain. Phylogenetic analyses of the HIV-1 reverse transcri...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Holguín A,Alvarez A,Soriano V

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is important epidemiologically, and determination of its prevalence rate in human trigeminal ganglia is important to provide surveillance data. To date, studies on VZV detection in trigeminal ganglia have used specimens obtained from a relatively limited number of cadavers...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Inoue H,Motani-Saitoh H,Sakurada K,Ikegaya H,Yajima D,Hayakawa M,Sato Y,Otsuka K,Kobayashi K,Nagasawa S,Iwase H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To recognize the period of exaggerated cytokine response in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia, and to describe the clinical outcomes of using tocilizumab as a treatment option. The data of 12 adult COVID-19 pneumonia patients who were followed in the inpatient clinics of Biruni University Med...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Borku Uysal B,Ikitimur H,Yavuzer S,Ikitimur B,Uysal H,Islamoglu MS,Ozcan E,Aktepe E,Yavuzer H,Cengiz M

更新日期：2020-11-01 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