Development of a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for diagnosis of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection and its use in a prospective surveillance study.

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant nucleoprotein (rNP) was reported for the detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus (CCHFV). The immunoglobulin M (IgM)-capture ELISA was developed for the diagnosis of CCHFV infections, using CCHFV rNP a...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Saijo M,Tang Q,Shimayi B,Han L,Zhang Y,Asiguma M,Tianshu D,Maeda A,Kurane I,Morikawa S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the distinct ability of retroviruses to integrate into the target cell genome and thus achieve long-term expression, retrovirus vectors hold great promise for stable gene transfer. Such vectors derived from human immunodeficiency retroviruses (HIVs) and other lentiviruses are envisioned to possess several a...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sadaie MR,Zamani M,Whang S,Sistron N,Arya SK

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:A patient presented with acute retinal necrosis of the left eye. Demonstration of herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA in the aqueous humour confirmed the diagnosis. Negative results of HSV type-specific antibody tests based on gG antigens suggested a primary HSV infection. However, the patient had a past history of laborat...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Preiser W,Doerr HW,Buxbaum S,Rabenau HF,Baatz H

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puumala and Tula viruses are hantaviruses found in Europe and are associated with the rodents Clethrionomys glareolus and Microtus arvalis, respectively. Puumala virus is associated with the human disease nephropathia epidemica. In Austria, ten clinically diagnosed cases of nephropathia epidemica, presumably caused by...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bowen MD,Gelbmann W,Ksiazek TG,Nichol ST,Nowotny N

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stool specimens from 334 infants and young children hospitalized with diarrhea in the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between August and November, 1987 were analyzed for the presence of rotavirus double-stranded (ds) RNA by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Of the 334 specimens analyzed, 32 (9.6%) were posi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Rasool NB,Hamzah M,Jegathesan M,Wong YH,Qian Y,Green KY

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common congenital infection in humans and a leading cause of sensorineural hearing loss. Ganciclovir (6 mg/kg twice daily for 42 days) has been shown to reduce hearing deterioration and is used in clinical practice. Vaccines and passive administration of antibody are being evaluated i...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kadambari S,Atkinson C,Luck S,Macartney M,Conibear T,Harrison I,Booth C,Sharland M,Griffiths PD

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) arises in up to 10% of organ transplant recipients and is fatal in ∼50% of cases. PTLD can be modeled in SCID mice using EBV+ve human B lymphoblastoid cell lines (BLCLs), and the current study investigated intraperitoneal (ip) inocu...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Johannessen I,Bieleski L,Urquhart G,Watson SL,Wingate P,Haque T,Crawford DH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia and chronic HCV infection experience symptoms, such as dyspnea, which sometimes do not seem to indicate the involvement of the liver but rather the symptoms of heart failure. To our knowledge, there has been no other study evaluating the serum levels of N-terminal pro-brain na...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Antonelli A,Ferri C,Ferrari SM,Ghiri E,Galetta F,Franzoni F,Santoro G,Fallahi P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the result of an inadequate immune response towards the virus. Dendritic cells (DCs), as the most efficient professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs), possess the strongest antigen presenting the effect in the body and can stimulate the initial T cell activation and prol...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sun HH,Zhou DF,Zhou JY

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated reactivity to hepatitis B virus (HBV) core antigen (anti-HBc) is observed relatively frequently in immunocompromised individuals, intravenous drug abusers (IVDA), and in the presence of HCV infection. The reason for the lack of HBsAg is not clear. The aim of the present study was to investigate which factors ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Weber B,Melchior W,Gehrke R,Doerr HW,Berger A,Rabenau H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this meta-analysis, we evaluated the diagnostic role of Epstein-Barr virus deoxyribonucleic acid detection and quantitation in the serum of pediatric and young adult patients with infectious mononucleosis. The primary outcome of this meta-analysis was the sensitivity and specificity of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) deox...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Jiang SY,Yang JW,Shao JB,Liao XL,Lu ZH,Jiang H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-six renal allograft recipients were studied prospectively for 3 months or longer after transplant. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to screen peripheral blood leucocyte (PBL) specimens for CMV, human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) and human herpesvirus 7 (HHV7) DNA (DNAemia) in 67 healthy controls and in seria...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Osman HK,Peiris JS,Taylor CE,Warwicker P,Jarrett RF,Madeley CR

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In real-world settings, not much information is probably available on the treatment efficacy of the combination of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir (G/P) as a salvage therapy in failures of prior direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens. Especially, the evolution of NS5A resistance-associated variants (RAVs) and treatment e...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

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

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes for disease progression and response to interferon-alpha-based treatment is well established. While almost all patients in the Mediterranean area are infected with HBV genotype D, HBV genotype A is dominant in Northern Europe. However, the distribution of HBV genotyp...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Deterding K,Constantinescu I,Nedelcu FD,Gervain J,Nemecek V,Srtunecky O,Vince A,Grgurevic I,Bielawski KP,Zalewska M,Bock T,Ambrozaitis A,Stanczak J,Takács M,Chulanov V,Slusarczyk J,Drazd'áková M,Wiegand J,Cornberg M,

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA copy of the HCV229E nucleocapsid protein gene was isolated and characterized. Sequence analysis predicts a nucleocapsid polypeptide of 389 amino acids with a molecular weight (mol. wt.) of 43,450. Single strand RNA probes derived from the cDNA copy hybridize specifically to HCV229E RNA and approximately 50 pg o...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Myint S,Harmsen D,Raabe T,Siddell SG

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although the effectiveness of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been reported in real-world settings, predictive factors of treatment failure are lacking. Therefore, we sought to explore the baseline predictors of treatment response to DAAs. METHODS:T...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ridruejo E,Piñero F,Mendizabal M,Cheinquer H,Wolff FH,Anders M,Reggiardo V,Ameigeiras B,Palazzo A,Alonso C,Schinoni MI,Zuain MGV,Tanno F,Figueroa S,Santos L,Peralta M,Soza A,Vistarini C,Adrover R,Fernández N,Perez

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several viruses are associated with gastroenteritis in infants. This pilot study, nested within a larger community-based project of early childhood infections, collected daily symptom data and 511 weekly stool samples from five healthy, fully vaccinated, term infants from birth until their second birthday. Real-time P...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ye S,Whiley DM,Ware RS,Sloots TP,Kirkwood CD,Grimwood K,Lambert SB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, seropositive for HBV e antigen (HBeAg) and HBV DNA on at least three occasions in 6 months, were randomised to receive either recombinant human interferon-gamma (rIFN gamma) 0.1 mg/m2 intramuscularly thrice weekly for 16 weeks (n = 11) or no ant...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lau JY,Lai CL,Wu PC,Chung HT,Lok AS,Lin HJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anti-hepatitis A virus (HAV)-specific immunoglobulin M capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (anti-HAV IgM ELISA) kit was re-designed for laboratory use and compared with a commercial anti-HAV IgM detection system using 58 serum samples collected from patients, vaccines, and healthy individuals. Because concord...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kiyohara T,Ouchi Y,Hasegawa Y,Sato T,Yoneyama T,Ishii K,Ito T,Wakita T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a pathogen of the respiratory tract with a worldwide distribution. The purpose of this study was to identify hMPV as the cause of acute respiratory diseases in children admitted at Spedali Civili, a public hospital in Brescia, Italy. Eight hundred forty-six nasopharyngeal aspirate sampl...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Apostoli P,Zicari S,Lo Presti A,Ciccozzi M,Ciotti M,Caruso A,Fiorentini S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using immunodiffusion, a major cross-reactivity had been previously demonstrated between hepatitis B(HBe/3 Ag) and the antigen reported in the serum on non A, non-B hepatitis patients, therefore redesignated NANBe Ag. By direct immunofluorescence a new antigen associated with, but distinct from, NANBe Ag has now been ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Trépo C,Vitvitski L,Hantz O

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 33 (IL-33) and soluble form of ST2 (sST2) are involved in inflammation. This study aimed to assess the role of serum IL-33 and sST2 in neonates with HCMV infection. The concentration of serum IL-33 and sST2 in 20 patients and 16 healthy controls were measure by enzyme-linked immune-sorbent assay (ELISA). T...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chen Y,Qian J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, a G4P[6] strain has been found to be circulating in different neonatal wards in the Pretoria area. This endemic strain was associated with both asymptomatic and symptomatic infection, providing the opportunity to undertake a molecular study of some of the putative "virulence" genes. The genes enc...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Pager CT,Alexander JJ,Steele AD

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete coding regions were sequenced for two new enterovirus genomes: EV-B93 previously identified by VP1 sequencing, derived from a child with acute flaccid paralysis in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and EV-C95 from a French soldier with acute gastroenteritis in Djibouti. The EV-B93 P1 had more than 30% nucleot...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Junttila N,Lévêque N,Magnius LO,Kabue JP,Muyembe-Tamfum JJ,Maslin J,Lina B,Norder H

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BK polyomavirus (BKV) is a ubiquitous virus in humans that remains latent in the urogenital tract after a primary infection during childhood. The virus, which is reactivated frequently and excreted in urine, can cause nephropathy in renal transplant recipients. BKV sequences are classified into four subtypes (I-IV). S...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Boukoum H,Nahdi I,Foulongne V,Zallema D,Aloui S,Achour A,Segondy M,Aouni M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the variation over time of seroreactivity to human papillomavirus type 11 (HPV-11) according to disease outcome, we selected a sample of 42 condyloma acuminatum patients from a group of subjects enrolled in a placebo-controlled trial of three alpha-interferon preparations administered parenterally for the ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bonnez W,Da Rin C,Rose RC,Tyring SK,Reichman RC

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence, viremia, genotype distribution, and demographic history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the Republic of the Congo. Testing was carried out on sera samples collected in 2005 from 807 Bantus belonging to the Kongo, Teke, and Ngala subgroups and 80 Pygmies. Positive H...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Cantaloube JF,Gallian P,Bokilo A,Jordier F,Biagini P,Attoui H,Chiaroni J,de Micco P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to herpes simplex virus and Epstein-Barr virus were sought in the sera of 33 patients with endoscopically proved duodenal ulcer and 33 healthy controls. Neither the prevalence nor the antibody levels to both viruses were significantly different between the two groups. These results suggest that herpes virus...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kottaridis SD,Mihas TA,Goula I,Mihas AA

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B patients with low pre-treatment HBeAg (and HBV-DNA) levels are more likely to respond to interferon-alpha therapy. In retrospect, this low level of HBeAg may have been reached just before the start of therapy. Pre-treatment changes in HBeAg levels were studied in 121 patients undergoing interferon-...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Heijtink RA,Janssen HL,Hop WC,Osterhaus AD,Schalm SW

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00