Human herpesvirus-6 infections in infants admitted to hospital.

abstract：:A combined hepatitis A and B vaccine is available since 1996. Two separate open-label primary studies evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of this hepatitis A and B vaccine (720 EI.U of HAV and 20 µg of HBsAg) in 306 healthy subjects aged 17-43 years who received three doses of the vaccine following a 0, 1, and 6 m...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Van Damme P,Leroux-Roels G,Crasta P,Messier M,Jacquet JM,Van Herck K

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Group A rotaviruses are the main cause of acute gastroenteritis in children worldwide. The intermediate capsid protein VP6 encoded by segment 6 of the dsRNA genome is the major structural component of the virus and it is highly antigenic and immunogenic. VP6 is responsible for group and subgroup (SG) specificities, al...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tavares Tde M,de Brito WM,Fiaccadori FS,Parente JA,da Costa PS,Giugliano LG,Andreasi MS,Soares CM,Cardoso Dd

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty susceptible rhesus monkeys were inoculated with cell-free varicella-zoster virus strain OKA or strain KMcC. Both wild and attenuated strains were used. No clinical signs characteristic of human varicella were seen in any of the animals. Virus was not isolated from throat swabs, blood, or cerebrospinal fluid. An...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Asano Y,Albrecht P,Behr DE,Neff BJ,Vickers JH,Rastogi SC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The avalanche of genomic data generated from the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus requires the development of tools to detect and monitor its mutations across the world. Here, we present a webtool, coronapp, dedicated to easily processing user-provided SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mercatelli D,Triboli L,Fornasari E,Ray F,Giorgi FM

更新日期：2020-11-18 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：:Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to investigate the chromosomal integration sites of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) in phytohemagglutinin-stimulated leukocytes and B lymphocytes from Epstein-Barr virus transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). Five different chromosomal integration sites were found i...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Nacheva EP,Ward KN,Brazma D,Virgili A,Howard J,Leong HN,Clark DA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are the causative agents of most cervical carcinomas. A complete understanding of the HPV types that cause cervical carcinoma is needed as vaccines are designed. Fresh tissues are not always available for such studies. We therefore sought to determine the feasibility of HPV studies using f...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bryan JT,Taddeo F,Skulsky D,Jansen KU,Frain BM,Qadadri B,Brown DR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A viral surveillance system in Nashville detected an outbreak of influenza B that occurred between January and March 1986. Paired sera from 32 individuals with culture-documented influenza B illness were tested using three serologic assays. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using purified hemagglutinin-neurami...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： King JC Jr,Haugh CJ,Dupont WD,Thompson JM,Wright PF,Edwards KM

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:It has been reported that low-plasma cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA loads are associated with an increased risk of overall mortality in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Utilizing a conservative strategy for initiation of preemptive antiviral therapy (>1500 IU/mL), we characterized the virolog...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Talaya A,Giménez E,Piñana JL,Albert E,Hernández-Boluda JC,Pérez A,Torres I,Solano C,Navarro D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the primary etiological agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This virus can be transmitted by blood or blood products. Homosexual males (HM) are regarded as one of the high-risk groups for AIDS. Lymphocytes obtained from HM were used for cocultivation with fresh HIV...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lee YS,Baker L

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was reported previously food-borne transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV) to humans from deer meat. The present study attempted to clarify whether eating uncooked deer meat is a major epidemiological risk factor for HEV infection in Kasai, a city in western Japan. In total, 45 volunteer subjects with experience of...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tei S,Kitajima N,Ohara S,Inoue Y,Miki M,Yamatani T,Yamabe H,Mishiro S,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus was detected in the stools of five children stricken with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) over a three-week period. While none of the children had acute gastroenteritis, four of the five had acute upper respiratory infections. Rotavirus was also identified in tracheal aspirates from two of the infants. E...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yolken R,Murphy M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative assessment of vidarabine and acyclovir in the treatment of varicella and disseminated zoster in immunosuppressed patients was undertaken. Thirty-eight immunosuppressed patients with varicella (N = 18) or disseminated zoster (N = 20) were treated intravenously with 10 mg/kg/day of vidarabine or 30 mg/kg/d...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Vildé JL,Bricaire F,Leport C,Renaudie M,Brun-Vézinet F

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) circulating recombinant form (CRF) 07_BC strain has caused serious outbreaks among injection drug users in Taiwan since 2004. The objective of this study was to conduct a molecular epidemiological study of HCV genotypes in intravenous drug users in Taiwan. Blood samples and ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lee YM,Lin HJ,Chen YJ,Lee CM,Wang SF,Chang KY,Chen TL,Liu HF,Chen YM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of an acute sporadic viral hepatitis occurring at three villages in the lower Shebli region of southern Somalia was studied. Sera were examined for antibodies to hepatitis E virus (HEV) antigen by a recently developed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The prevalence of anti-HEV ranged from 77.8% to 94.0% ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mushahwar IK,Dawson GJ,Bile KM,Magnius LO

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：: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：:Saliva and peripheral blood samples from 20 healthy adults were examined for the presence of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) DNA sequences using the polymerase chain reaction. Eighteen out of 20 whole saliva samples contained detectable HHV-6 genomes. The majority of peripheral blood samples were also positive; however, t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Jarrett RF,Clark DA,Josephs SF,Onions DE

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of the precore/core and X open reading frames (ORFs) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) were studied in four subjects who were serologically negative for anti-hepatitis B core antibody. These subjects were positive for serum hepatitis B surface antigen and were considered to be asymptomatic HBV carrie...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Gotoh K,Mima S,Uchida T,Shikata T,Yoshizawa K,Irie M,Mizui M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiological agents responsible for, and the outcome of, acute liver failure were investigated prospectively in 44 children (29 males, 15 females) attending a tertiary health care facility in India. The children were between the ages of 2 months and 13 years. Studies for viral infections and other etiologies could...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Arora NK,Nanda SK,Gulati S,Ansari IH,Chawla MK,Gupta SD,Panda SK

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses (called formerly "Norwalk-like viruses") cause food-borne gastroenteritis outbreaks. These outbreaks were thought to be related to shellfish consumption, although non-shellfish related outbreaks also occurred frequently in Japan. To clarify the epidemiology of Norovirus outbreaks, 435 stool samples were co...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Hamano M,Kuzuya M,Fujii R,Ogura H,Yamada M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroprevalence of viral hepatitis in healthcare workers has important public health implications. To assess the risk factors for the acquisition of viral hepatitis in an unvaccinated cohort from an hyperendemic region, 567 healthcare workers from a large hospital in the capital of the Republic of Yemen were interv...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Shidrawi R,Ali Al-Huraibi M,Ahmad Al-Haimi M,Dayton R,Murray-Lyon IM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive and specific nonradioactive in situ hybridization method capable of detecting single-copy integrated hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA sequences in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines was developed. In situ hybridization of biotinylated HBV (adr, adw) DNA probes with nine different human HCC cell lines wer...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tay N,Chan SH,Ren EC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The criterion standard for the diagnosis of occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is detection of HCV-RNA in liver cells. However, because of the invasive nature of liver biopsy, other methods have been studied. The present study aimed to identify subjects with occult HCV-4 infection among healthy sexual partners o...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： El Shazly Y,Hemida K,Rafik M,Al Swaff R,Ali-Eldin ZA,GadAllah S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of endemicity of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) are still undefined in some European populations, such as those from Western Balkan countries. Serum samples from 605 human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative subjects (299 Albanians and 306 Kosovars) were tested for the presence of HHV8 antibodies to a capsid-rela...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chironna M,Tosatti MA,Di Gangi IM,Sallustio A,Germinario C,Coluzzi M,Quarto M,Chieco-Bianchi L,Calabrò ML

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total RNA from normal adult woodchucks was analyzed using membrane arrays containing human cDNA clones, and the gene expression patterns were compared to human liver. Various hybridization and wash conditions were examined. In both the woodchuck and human livers, 352 genes were identified as highly expressed (Z-scores...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Rinaudo JA,Gerin JL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00