Use of a generic polymerase chain reaction assay detecting human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) types I, II and divergent simian strains in the evaluation of individuals with indeterminate HTLV serology.

abstract：:Herpesviruses produce assembly proteins (AP) that act as scaffolding proteins for the assembly of the viral capsids. The products of the assemblin gene, which encodes both maturational protease and AP, have been established for herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and human cytomegalovirus (CMV). We cloned an inframe O...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Garcia-Valcarcel M,Fowler WJ,Harper DR,Jeffries DJ,Layton GT

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the association between two RIG-I-like receptor gene polymorphisms and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Chinese Han population. METHODS:The current study genotyped two selected SNPs (IFIH1 rs3747517 and DDX58 rs9695310) using TaqMan allelic discrimination assay to assess their association with ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Zhu XB,Zhuo LY,Yue M,Liu M,Zang F,Fan HZ,Wu JJ,Xia XS,Zhang AM,Yu RB,Huang P

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether booster doses are required to maintain long-term protection against hepatitis B virus (HBV) after primary vaccination remains to be determined. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the immune memory responses to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) challenge in vaccinated individuals thro...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： do Livramento A,Schultz J,Batista KZ,Treitinger A,de Cordova CM,Spada C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus infection during stem cell transplantation is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Adenovirus species B and C have been the main causes for these infections; however, epidemiological details about the species are still unclear. To clarify the contributions of species B and C adenovirus, the DNA was...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Takayama R,Hatakeyama N,Suzuki N,Yamamoto M,Hayashi T,Ikeda Y,Ikeda H,Nagano H,Ishida T,Tsutsumi H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological and immunohistochemical studies have indicated a possible link between measles virus and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to use a sensitive and robust method for the detection of measles virus RNA in IBD and control clinical samples. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chadwick N,Bruce IJ,Schepelmann S,Pounder RE,Wakefield AJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) genotype 4 predominates in Middle East and Central Africa countries. Recently, it has become also prevalent in Southern European countries where it is thought to have been introduced through immigration and the movement of intravenous drug users. In Italy, the prevalence of genotype 4 is partic...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ciccozzi M,Equestre M,Costantino A,Marascio N,Quirino A,Lo Presti A,Cella E,Bruni R,Liberto MC,Focà A,Pisani G,Zehender G,Ciccaglione AR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the role of sexual transmission in the epidemiology of HCV by a cross-sectional study comparing prostitutes and HCV seropositive and seronegative sexual clients recruited from the bordellos of the docks of Santos, São Paulo State. The average age in the prostitute group was 27.2 years. The median time spent...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Mesquita PE,Granato CF,Castelo A

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic HCV infection has emerged as a complex multifaceted disease with manifestations extending beyond the liver. HCV plays a direct role in glucose metabolism leading to both insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. To evaluate the changes in the glycemic state following Sofosbuvir-based treatment regimens in diabet...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Abdel Alem S,Elsharkawy A,Fouad R,Adel E,Abdellatif Z,Musa S,Nagy A,Hussein MS,Yosry A,Esmat G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS-CoV-2 infection is causing a pandemic disease that is reflected in challenging public health problems worldwide. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based epitope prediction and its association with disease outcomes provide an important base for treatment design. A bioinformatic prediction of T cell epitopes and their ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Romero-López JP,Carnalla-Cortés M,Pacheco-Olvera DL,Ocampo-Godínez JM,Oliva-Ramírez J,Moreno-Manjón J,Bernal-Alferes B,López-Olmedo N,García-Latorre E,Domínguez-López ML,Reyes-Sandoval A,Jiménez-Zamudio L

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the reactivity of IgG and IgM antibodies against HSV-1 structural and nonstructural proteins was analyzed by Western blot analysis (WBA) and radioimmunoprecipitation followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (RIPA-PAGE). It was demonstrated that IgM and IgG antibodies were directed against vi...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kühn JE,Dunkler G,Munk K,Braun RW

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the precise timing of SARS-CoV-2 infection may be of clinical and epidemiological relevance. The presence of low-avidity IgGs has conventionally been considered an indicator of recent infection. Here, we carried out qualitative assessment of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody avidity using an urea (6M) dissocia...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Valdivia A,Torres I,Huntley D,Alcaraz MJ,Albert E,Colomina J,Ferrer J,Carratalá A,Navarro D

更新日期：2021-02-01 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：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles can be classified into two major fractions according to their floating density in serum. However, the genomic heterogeneity of each fraction and the relationship between this viral characteristic and interferon (IFN) response in patients with chronic hepatitis are not known. In this s...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Sakai A,Kaneko S,Matsushita E,Kobayashi K

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a causative agent of acute viral hepatitis, which represents a significant public health problem. HAV is usually transmitted by oral-fecal route and prevalent not only in developing countries but also in developed countries worldwide. To characterize the HAV wild type strains circulating in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yun H,Kim S,Lee H,Byun KS,Kwon SY,Yim HJ,Lim YS,Jeong SH,Jee Y

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial blood and faecal samples were collected from patients and family contacts during an outbreak of hepatitis A in a village and tested by a solid-phase competitive type radioimmunoassay for hepatitis A antigen and hepatitis A antibody. The amount and duration of excretion of hepatitis A antigen was correlated with...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Frösner GG,Overby LR,Flehmig B,Gerth HJ,Haas H,Decker RH,Ling CM,Zuckerman AJ,Frösner HR

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of interferon (IFN) monotherapy for non-responders to pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) combination therapy is still unclear. To evaluate the impact of IFN monotherapy on biochemical response, 200 consecutive patients infected with HCV genotype 1b, who received low-dose intermittent IFN-...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

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

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel simultaneous detection system for human viruses was developed using a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system to identify causes of infection in clinical samples from patients with uncertain diagnoses. This system, designated as the "multivirus real-time PCR," has the potential to detect 163 human vir...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Katano H,Kano M,Nakamura T,Kanno T,Asanuma H,Sata T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet distribution width (PDW) is a readily available blood test involving calculations performed by automated blood analyzers. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) may exhibit a severe profile with fatal hemorrhaging or else present with a mild clinical process. The purpose of our study was to investigate the im...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Yilmaz H,Yilmaz G,Menteşe A,Kostakoğlu U,Karahan SC,Köksal İ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a male caucasian German pediatric patient of no Arab or Mediterranean ancestry with virus associated CNS lesions in Griscelli's syndrome (GS; McKusick No. 214450). The boy presented with recurrent infections, and meningitis with subsequent progressive signs of increased intracranial pressure leading to death...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Wagner M,Müller-Berghaus J,Schroeder R,Sollberg S,Luka J,Leyssens N,Schneider B,Krueger GR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, several clusters of hepatitis A have been observed among hemophiliacs linked to factor VIII concentrates treated for virus inactivation solely with the solvent/detergent (S/D) method, a procedure that does not affect nonenveloped viruses such as the hepatitis A virus (HAV). A new outbreak of hepatitis A in s...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Chudy M,Budek I,Keller-Stanislawski B,McCaustland KA,Neidhold S,Robertson BH,Nübling CM,Seitz R,Löwer J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) began in December 2019 and was basically under control in April 2020 in Wuhan. To explore the impact of intervention measures on the COVID-19 epidemic, we established susceptible-exposed-infectious-r...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Li M,Guo X,Wang X

更新日期：2021-01-07 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

abstract：:From the Pacific Republic of Kiribati, 90/130 (69%) of hepatitis B-infected individuals carry antibodies to hepatitis delta virus. The prevalence of delta infection varied between geographically isolated subgroups in the population and delta antibodies were found more frequently in subjects over the age of 10. It is u...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tibbs CJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of protamine, atropine, selenocystamine, taxifolin, and catechin on the infectivity and antigenicity of the cell culture-adapted hepatitis A virus (HAV) strain CF 53 was studied. The toxicity on uninfected PLC/PRF/5 cells was examined for each antiviral compound by morphological and biochemical methods, in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Biziagos E,Crance JM,Passagot J,Deloince R

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid technique for the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in liver section using nonisotopic in situ hybridization was described. Only 3 of the 10 patients seropositive for antibody to HCV and HCV RNA had detectable HCV RNA in the hepatocytes (1%, 2%, and 15% of cells positive). No specific signal was detecte...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lau JY,Davis GL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that concanavalin A-immobilized polystyrene nanospheres (Con A-NS) could efficiently capture HIV-1 particles and that intranasal immunization with inactivated HIV-1-capturing nanospheres (HIV-NS) induced vaginal anti-HIV-1 IgA antibody response in mice. In this study, to evaluate the protec...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Miyake A,Akagi T,Enose Y,Ueno M,Kawamura M,Horiuchi R,Hiraishi K,Adachi M,Serizawa T,Narayan O,Akashi M,Baba M,Hayami M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time PCR assay was developed for quantitative detection of B19 DNA in clinical serum samples. The assay was carried out using a LightCycler instrument and product formation was monitored continuously with the fluorescent double-stranded DNA binding dye SYBR Green I. With an optimized PCR protocol, this system w...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Manaresi E,Gallinella G,Zuffi E,Bonvicini F,Zerbini M,Musiani M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BK polyomavirus (family Polyomaviridae) may cause hemorrhagic cystitis (BKV-HC) in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Eleven complete BKV genomes (GenBank accession numbers: JN192431-JN192441) were sequenced from urine samples of allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and compared to compl...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Drew RJ,Walsh A,Laoi BN,Crowley B

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticosteroid use in transplant recipients increases the incidence and severity of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), a disease associated with KS-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) infection. Recently, the prototypic corticosteroid, hydrocortisone, was shown to directly induce lytic cycle reactivation of KSHV in latently-infected BC...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Zoeteweij JP,Rinderknecht AS,Davis DA,Yarchoan R,Blauvelt A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00