Presence of hepatitis B and C viral genomes in US blood donors as detected by polymerase chain reaction amplification.

abstract：:WU and KI polyomaviruses (WUPyV, KIPyV) have been detected in respiratory, blood, stool, and lymphoid tissue, but not in urine samples. PCR based detection revealed higher frequency in immunocompromised individuals. In this study the prevalence of WUPyV and KIPyV was analyzed in respiratory, urine, and blood samples f...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Csoma E,Mészáros B,Asztalos L,Kónya J,Gergely L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of genetic variation in 16 varicella-zoster virus (VZV) isolates selected at random and circulating in the Irish population between March 2002 and February 2003 was carried out. A 919 bp fragment of the glycoprotein E gene (open reading frame 68) encompassing codon 150, at which a non-synonymous mutation defi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Carr MJ,McCormack GP,Crowley B

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major differences exist between HIV-1 and HIV-2 in terms of epidemiology, pathogenicity, sensitivity to antiretrovirals. Determining the type of HIV infecting a patient is essential for management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of simple/rapid tests to differentiate between HIV-1 and/or HIV-2 infec...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Gautheret-Dejean A,Bocobza J,Brunet S,Damond F,Plantier JC,Barin F

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BKPyV replication is a risk factor for the development of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients. Here, the case of a 42 years old Caucasian patient is described who developed a kidney allograft failure because of uncontrolled BKPyV replication 7 months after transplant despite a strong re...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Anselmo A,Prezioso C,Saccà FA,Di Lella FM,Palmieri G,Tisone G,Pietropaolo V,Ciotti M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-specific epidemiological data on human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are essential for formulating strategies to prevent cervical cancer. The age-specific prevalence of HPV infection was determined among 1,600 women enrolled for cervical screening in Macao. A U-shaped age-specific prevalence curve with a f...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yip YC,Ngai KL,Vong HT,Tzang LC,Ji S,Yang M,Chan PK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) serology continues to be the first diagnostic test when infectious mononucleosis is suspected. Due to possible mild immunosuppression in competitive athletes, EBV reactivation determined by increases in salivary viral load have been identified as one possible cause in recurrent respiratory inf...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Pottgiesser T,Schumacher YO,Wolfarth B,Schmidt-Trucksäss A,Bauer G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of pre-bone-marrow transplant recipient and donor cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibody level to post-transplant recipient CMV excretion was investigated. CMV excretion was found to be related to pre-transplant recipient serological status, but not to level of antibody. This therefore contrasts with herpes s...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Pillay D,Webster A,Lee D,Prentice HG,Griffiths PD

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout most of the last decade, B/Yamagata/16/88-lineage influenza viruses were predominant among the B isolates circulating worldwide, whereas B/Victoria/2/87-lineage viruses were isolated infrequently and restricted geographically to eastern Asia. During the 2001-02 influenza season, B/Victoria/2/87-lineage viru...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Puzelli S,Frezza F,Fabiani C,Ansaldi F,Campitelli L,Lin YP,Gregory V,Bennett M,D'Agaro P,Campello C,Crovari P,Hay A,Donatelli I

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:In order to assess the efficacy of interferon-alpha on hepatitis C viral RNA in patients with chronic hepatitis C, we analyzed the levels of HCV RNA in sera and liver tissues of 16 patients pre- and posttreatment using a semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction method. Fifteen of 16 patients were positive for anti-H...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Liang TJ,Rustgi V,Galun E,Blum HE

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 127 nursing home residents aged 60-98 years were vaccinated during the winter of 1985-86 with the A-Chile 1/83 (C), A-Philippines 2/82 (P), and B-USSR (B) commercial influenza vaccines. Before vaccination 40%, 23%, and 69% were susceptible to influenza Ac, Ap, and B, respectively [hemagglutinin inhibition ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Keren G,Segev S,Morag A,Zakay-Rones Z,Barzilai A,Rubinstein E

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA may persist in the liver in the absence of serum HBV-DNA after a self-limited acute hepatitis B. This may also occur in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection but its prevalence and its impact on liver histology is unknown. HBV-DNA was tested by polymerase chain reaction (P...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mariscal LF,Rodríguez-Iñigo E,Bartolomé J,Castillo I,Ortiz-Movilla N,Navacerrada C,Pardo M,Pérez-Mota A,Graus J,Carreño V

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alfa-fetoprotein (AFP) is used as a marker of early hepatocarcinogenesis. However, the impact of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) on this relationship in patients with HBV infection is not clear. The present study evaluated the relation between HBsAg and AFP levels at the initial visit in 1,610 untreated HBV ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Akuta N,Suzuki F,Kobayashi M,Hara T,Sezaki H,Suzuki Y,Hosaka T,Kobayashi M,Saitoh S,Ikeda K,Kumada H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), a heterogeneous population of viruses, so-called quasispecies exists in vivo. The hypervariable regions (HVR) within the second envelope gene (HCV-E2) show particularly highly intratypic variability and are considered to be the target of neutralizing antibodies. T...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lee JH,Stripf T,Roth WK,Zeuzem S

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that swine HEV (sHEV) and rabbit HEV (rHEV) can experimentally infect rabbits and swine, respectively. However, no published data have documented isolating sHEV strains from rabbits in natural environment so far. To clarify the possibility of natural cross-species transmission of sHEV to rabbits, th...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Liu L,Wang L,Xia J,Zhang Y,Zeng H,Liu P,Zou Q,Wang L,Zhuang H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation at the IL-28B locus was recently reported to be a significant predictive factor of viral response to pegylated-interferon plus ribavirin combination therapy against chronic hepatitis C. Predictive factors for the effect of therapy, including IL-28B polymorphism rs8099917 and viral and clinical factors were i...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Hashimoto Y,Ochi H,Abe H,Hayashida Y,Tsuge M,Mitsui F,Hiraga N,Imamura M,Takahashi S,Nelson Hayes C,Ohishi W,Kubo M,Tsunoda T,Kamatani N,Nakamura Y,Chayama K

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Nucleotide sequences of the hypervariable region of hepatitis C virus genomes obtained from plasma change rapidly during the course of infection and are believed to play a part in immunological escape and consequently in the development of persistent infection. It is not known, however, whether these changes also occu...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sakamoto N,Enomoto N,Kurosaki M,Asahina Y,Maekawa S,Koizumi K,Sakuma I,Murakami T,Marumo F,Sato C

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avidity maturation of IgG antibody responses directed against the structural proteins of rubella virus (E1, E2, and C) as well as whole rubella virus (RV) was assessed at sequential time intervals in 7 individuals following serologically confirmed wild rubella infection. Individual structural proteins were purified fr...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mauracher CA,Mitchell LA,Tingle AJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Junin virus infection in guinea pigs is known to be similar to human Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF). The guinea pig was chosen as a model for transplacental transmission of Junin virus, as both guinea pig and man have a similar placental structure. Pregnant guinea pigs were infected with the pathogenic XJ strain of...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sangiorgio P,Weissenbacher MC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norovirus (NoV) is a causative agent of gastroenteritis in children and adults worldwide. Although reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been accepted as the standard method for diagnosis of NoV infection, it requires well-trained personnel and sophisticated equipments. Performance of a commerci...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Thongprachum A,Khamrin P,Chaimongkol N,Malasao R,Okitsu S,Mizuguchi M,Maneekarn N,Ushijima H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotaviruses were detected via electron microscopy in fecal specimens collected from school children during an outbreak of diarrhea and from a sporadic case in 1993 in Japan. All of the viruses were found to belong to human group C rotavirus by reverse passive hemagglutination assay (RPHA). These viruses replicated wel...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Shinozaki K,Yamanaka T,Tokieda M,Shirasawa H,Simizu B

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our studies of rotavirus challenge in adult volunteers enabled us to evaluate the relationship of pre-existing antirotavirus fecal IgA antibody to infection and illness and to investigate the local response to this infection. No relationship could be found between the pre-existing levels of fecal antirotavirus IgA ant...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bernstein DI,Ziegler JM,Ward RL

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：:The effectiveness of a daily continuous infusion of interferon-alpha was evaluated in 12 patients (10 males, 2 females; mean age of 33 years, range 19-62) with biopsy-proven chronic active hepatitis C. Nine million units (MU) of recombinant interferon-alpha 2A (rIFN-alpha 2A) were administered by continuous subcutaneo...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Carreño V,Tapia L,Ryff JC,Quiroga JA,Castillo I

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical preneoplasic lesions and invasive cervical cancer. This study evaluated the prevalence and distribution of HPV genotypes in cervical exfoliated cells from Uruguayan women. Five hundred sixty-eight cervical specimens were examined by PCR usi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ramas V,Mirazo S,Bonilla S,Mendoza L,Lago O,Basiletti J,González J,Picconi MA,Arbiza J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been generally believed that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded small RNA 1 and 2 (EBER1 and EBER2) genes are conserved as two families that correlated with type 1 (B95-8) and type 2 (AG876 or P3HR-1) EBV strains. EBER polymorphism and its association with EBV-associated disease have not received much attenti...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wang Y,Zhang X,Chao Y,Jia Y,Xing X,Luo B

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is sometimes associated with critical complications that can cause substantial child mortality. Activity of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) may influence the outcomes of enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection. This case-control study aimed to assess the association of single-nucleotid...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Li YP,Deng HL,Xu LH,Wang MQ,Li M,Zhang X,Dang SS

更新日期：2019-04-01 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