Risk factors associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among prostitutes and their clients in the city of Santos, São Paulo State, Brazil.

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：:For assessing the role of circulating immune complexes (CIC) in chronic hepatitis C, the relative frequency of CIC was determined in 54 patients with chronic hepatitis C, 15 asymptomatic hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriers, and 54 healthy controls. IgM and IgG containing CIC were studied using both C1q and conglutinin (K...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tsai JF,Jeng JE,Chang WY,Ho MS,Lin ZY,Tsai JH

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) activity has fluctuated in the south-central United States since its introduction. Seasonal outbreaks are common, with three in Oklahoma during 2003, 2007, and 2012. Morbidity and mortality rates vary during each outbreak. Long-term neurologic sequelae in association with West Nile virus disease ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Johnson MG,Adams J,McDonald-Hamm C,Wendelboe A,Bradley KK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are numerous ongoing studies assessing treatment options for preventing, treating, and managing complications of coronavirus disease-2019 disease. The objective of this study was to do a systematic review and critical appraisal of the ongoing clinical trials with an aim to provide insight into the various interv...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Venkatesulu BP,Thoguluva Chandrasekar V,Giridhar P,V P,Patel HK,Manteuffel J

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study aimed to determine factors associated with detection of very low-level viremia in patients infected with HIV-1 with virological success following HAART introduction. Fifty-seven patients, mostly (n = 51, 89%) treated with a protease inhibitor-based regimen, were included and followed for 2 years...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Saison J,Tardy JC,Scholtes C,Icard V,Trabaud MA,Perpoint T,Chidiac C,Ecochard R,André P,Ferry T,Lyon HIV Cohort Study.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroviruses (EVs) often infect humans, presenting as endemic or epidemic infections. In this study, the diversity of infecting EVs was studied among 146 children and 137 adults in a small community in Cameroon. The participants provided 2,458 fecal samples during 1-year monthly collection; 10 or more samples were ob...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ayukekbong JA,Fobisong C,Lindh M,Nkuo-Akenji T,Bergström T,Norder H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever infection (CCHF) is a viral zoonosis. The pathogenesis of this disease has not been established so far, however, cytokines account for its progression and outcome. The aim of the present study is to investigate the association between chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) gene Δ32 mutation and pa...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Rustemoglu A,Ekinci D,Nursal AF,Barut S,Duygu F,Günal Ö

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the true immune status and the effect of revaccination on a young adult population, we collected serum samples from 289 military recruits who were vaccinated during an outbreak in 1991. Most vaccinees, age 18-25 years, had apparently been immunized once before as infants. Sera collected just prior...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mendelson E,Duvdevani P,Varsano N,Lerman Y,Slepon R,Dagan R,Cohen D,Danon Y,Shohat T

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients, such as renal transplant recipients. Analysis of the gene encoding the envelope glycoprotein B (gB) showed that clinical isolates adopted one of the sequence configurations, permitting the isolates to be assigned a ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Carraro E,Granato CF

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of patients infected with high-risk HPV (hrHPV) despite normal colposcopy following abnormal cytology remains a clinical challenge. The aim of this study was to evaluate if, in that specific population, initial HPV 16 and HPV 18 viral loads are predictive of infection clearance over a 24-month follow-up. A ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Carcopino X,Henry M,Mancini J,Giusiano S,Boubli L,Olive D,Tamalet C

更新日期：2012-06-01 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 S RNA genome segment of hantaviruses carried by Arvicolinae and Sigmodontinae rodents encodes the nucleocapsid (N) protein and has an overlapping (+1) open reading frame (ORF) for a putative nonstructural protein (NSs). The aim of this study was to determine whether the ORF is functional. A protein corresponding t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Jääskeläinen KM,Kaukinen P,Minskaya ES,Plyusnina A,Vapalahti O,Elliott RM,Weber F,Vaheri A,Plyusnin A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne disease caused by the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are generally classified as transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides (nt). The various lncRNAs expressed in infected cells are responsible for regulating the expression of v...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bayyurt B,Arslan S,Engin A,Bakir M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemagglutination inhibition (HI), single radial hemolysis (SRH) and enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA), performed with commercial antigen and reagents are described and were compared in the three distinct situations that require rubella antibody detection. Determination of immunity status was carried out on 15...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Champsaur H,Dussaix E,Tournier P

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Flow cytometric analysis of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells specific to human cytomegalovirus (CMV) was undertaken in seven patients with congenital CMV infection, six healthy infants who had acquired infection, and six CMV-seropositive adults. Intracellular cytokine assays showed that 0.03-2.23% of CD4(+) T cells in the he...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Hayashi N,Kimura H,Morishima T,Tanaka N,Tsurumi T,Kuzushima K

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) causes Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and lymphoproliferative disorders in both HIV-infected and uninfected patients. HHV-8 has a worldwide occurrence but infection rates vary according to a combination of geographic and behavioral risks. The main transmission route seems to be sexual, nevertheless,...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Pérez C,Tous M,Gallego S,Zala N,Rabinovich O,Garbiero S,Martínez MJ,Cunha AM,Camino S,Cámara A,Costa SC,Larrondo M,Francalancia V,Landreau F,Bartomioli MA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver fibrosis is accelerated in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus (HIV/HCV) coinfected compared with HCV monoinfected patients, due to multiple cofactors. Recently, HLA-B18 haplotype has been associated with short-term liver disease progression in this population. Our aim was to assess the influence of H...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Bavaro DF,Saracino A,Fiordelisi D,Bruno G,Ladisa N,Monno L,Angarano G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was reported previously that HCV can be transmitted from persistently infected human bone-marrow-derived B-lymphoblastoid cells (TO.FE(HCV)) to human hepatoma cells by cell-to-cell contact. The present study confirms and characterize further such type of HCV infection in vitro. TO.FE(HCV) cells were co-cultured wit...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Valli MB,Crema A,Lanzilli G,Serafino A,Bertolini L,Ravagnan G,Ponzetto A,Menzo S,Clementi M,Carloni G

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea pig infection with a highly passaged XJ prototype strain of Junín virus by the intramuscular route (IM) was carried out in order to study viral tropism modification in this host. The neurotropism of this strain was demonstrated by viral isolation, meningitis, and by the presence of Junín antigens as shown by im...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Oubiña JR,Carballal G

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are contradictory reports regarding the effects of inhalation anesthetics on the immune system. Measurable immune responses have been studied in vitro, but little is known about the in vivo effects in the intact organism. We used an attenuated, non-neuroinvasive, nonlethal strain of the encephalitic West Nile vi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Katz Y,Lustig S,Ben-Shlomo I,Kobiler D,Ben-Nathan D

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tandem direct reiteration R1 in the varicella-zoster virus genome consists of two elements: units composed of 18 bp and those having 15 bp, both of whose numbers and types of combination patterns vary among strains. The variations of the R1 structure were examined in order to differentiate between the wild strains...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yoshida M,Tamura T,Hiruma M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infectivity titer of a standard stock of the SAR-55 strain of hepatitis E virus (HEV) was determined in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) and the effect of dose on the course of the infection was examined by weekly monitoring of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and anti-HEV levels. Antibody to HEV (anti-HEV)...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tsarev SA,Tsareva TS,Emerson SU,Yarbough PO,Legters LJ,Moskal T,Purcell RH

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been implicated in vascular pathologies and may warrant inclusion in cardiovascular predictive algorithms. We addressed this in healthy older adults and renal transplant recipients (RTR) as they retain a high burden of CMV. RTR (n  =  45) stable more than 2 years after transplantation and 58 ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Affandi JS,Lee S,Chih H,Brook E,Waters S,Howson P,Reid CM,Irish A,Price P

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions and insertions in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) X region have been associated with severe forms of liver disease, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the molecular epidemiologic features of this virus have been described rarely. Deletions and insertions in the X region were determined by direct ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lee SA,Mun HS,Kim H,Lee HK,Kim BJ,Hwang ES,Kook YH,Kim BJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sequences of the hypervariable region (HVR) of the E2/NS1 gene of hepatitis C virus (HCV), which are now thought to contain epitopes for neutralizing antibodies, were compared between antibody-bound HCV and free HCV in a patient with type II cryoglobulinemia. Antibody-bound HCV was immunoprecipitated with a...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kurosaki M,Enomoto N,Nouchi T,Sakuma I,Marumo F,Sato C

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV) replicates in cells from various mammalian species including humans and is a potential contaminant in MLV vector preparations for human gene transfer studies. In general, MLV replication depends on the expression of viral genes under the control of 75 bp enhancer elements in the...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Reuss FU,Berdel B,Heber R,Bantel-Schaal U

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical, virological, and histological findings in four HBsAg chronic carriers who cleared HBV markers from both serum and liver following HDV superinfection are described. The patients were long-term HBsAg carriers and all were HBV-DNA/HBeAg positive. Liver biopsy, obtained from three of the patients between 5 and 1...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Pastore G,Monno L,Santantonio T,Angarano G,Milella M,Giannelli A,Fiore JR

更新日期：1990-08-01 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