A comparison of PCR with virus isolation and direct antigen detection for diagnosis and typing of genital herpes.

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：:Healthcare-associated infections with hepatitis C virus (HCV) hitherto have been observed mainly in hemodialysis settings as well as in hematology and oncology wards. In this communication, molecular and epidemiologic investigations to elucidate an HCV outbreak in an orthopedic ward are reported. One hundred and thirt...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ross RS,Viazov S,Khudyakov YE,Xia GL,Lin Y,Holzmann H,Sebesta C,Roggendorf M,Janata O

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metastasis status of pelvic lymph nodes (PLNs) seems to be a predictive factor of survival. It was suggested that the presence of HPV DNA and other biological markers in PLN may indicate a sub clinical early metastasis. The aim was to describe the prevalence and distribution patterns of HPV DNA and H-ras mutations...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Landro ME,Dalbert D,Picconi MA,Cúneo N,González J,Vornetti S,Bazán G,Mural J,Basiletti J,Teyssié AR,Alonio LV

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Interaction between herpesviruses and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)1 is postulated in the progression of HIV disease. In order to evaluate the specific antibody responses directed to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) and to provide serological evidence suggesting reactivation of these viruses abl...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Quesnel A,Pozzetto B,Touraine F,Moja P,Lucht F,De The G,Touraine JL,Gaudin O,Genin C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a dynamic process during which molecular variants are selected continuously to adapt to changes. In addition to drug resistant mutations, sequential antiviral therapy may also lead to the selection of deleted mutants. To investigate this process, the following samples were collecte...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ji F,Zhou L,Ma S,Li F,Ding H,Zeng C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of HPV in a gynecologic population attending outpatient clinics using two new molecular tests. The Amplicor HPV test and the Linear Array (LA) HPV Genotyping test were used for the detection of HPV DNA in 320 women. Multiple logistic regression was u...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Papachristou E,Sypsa V,Paraskevis D,Gkekas A,Politi E,Nicolaidou E,Anifantis I,Psichogiou M,Tsitsika A,Hadjivassiliou M,Petrikkos G,Katsambas A,Creatsas G,Hatzakis A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study characterized the virological patterns and the resistance-associated substitutions (RASs) in patients with failure to IFN-free regimens enrolled in the real-life setting. All 87 consecutive HCV patients with failed IFN-free regimens, observed at the laboratory of the University of Campania, were enrolled. Al...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Starace M,Minichini C,De Pascalis S,Macera M,Occhiello L,Messina V,Sangiovanni V,Adinolfi LE,Claar E,Precone D,Stornaiuolo G,Stanzione M,Ascione T,Caroprese M,Zampino R,Parrilli G,Gentile I,Brancaccio G,Iovinella V,

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old woman contracted acute varicella at 13 weeks of gestation. Severe hydrops fetalis, hepatomegaly, and intrauterine fetal death were detected at 16 weeks of gestation by ultrasound examinations. An examination at autopsy, histopathology, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) provided evidence of varicella-zo...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tanimura K,Kojima N,Yamazaki T,Semba S,Yokozaki H,Yamada H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a single-stranded RNA virus related to the Flaviviridae family, and striking nucleotide sequence diversity has been reported among HCV isolates from different geographic areas. To study the distribution HCV genotypes among disease group in Korea, we subtyped HCV using the method of Okamoto e...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Lee DS,Sung YC,Whang YS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of HIV infection among drug-users in Italy between 1990 and 2000 is described; the data concern drug-users attending a nation-wide network consisting of 510 public drug-treatment centres. We included only individuals with written documentation of an HIV-test result. Of the 1,299,972 attendees, 54.5% had...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Suligoi B,Magliochetti N,Nicoletti G,Pezzotti P,Rezza G

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A virus infections have been reported recently among hemophilic patients in Italy and Germany, leading to speculation that infectious hepatitis A virus (HAV) might have been present in some factor VIII concentrates. In both cases, the implicated factor concentrates had been treated by a solvent/detergent met...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Murphy P,Nowak T,Lemon SM,Hilfenhaus J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of interferon therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection improved remarkably. However, virologic relapse occurs in a substantial proportion of patients with virologic response (defined as an HCV RNA level below 50 IU/ml at the end-of-treatment). A highly sensitive RT-nested PCR assay capable of detecti...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kinai E,Hanabusa H,Kato S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No data on antiviral response of HBV genotypes E-H are available so far although these HBV genotypes contribute significantly to the global HBV burden. Of 49 patients with HBV genotypes E-H, 23 received interferon (IFN)-alpha, 12 nucleos(t)ide analogues and 14 patients were untreated. HBV genotype was determined by di...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Erhardt A,Göbel T,Ludwig A,Lau GK,Marcellin P,van Bömmel F,Heinzel-Pleines U,Adams O,Häussinger D

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of children with herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) was quantified and typed using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. During the acute phase, HSV-DNA was detected in the CSF of 13 patients with HSE, including 5 neonates. A restriction profile of th...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ando Y,Kimura H,Miwata H,Kudo T,Shibata M,Morishima T

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpes virus 8 (HHV 8) is recognized as the necessary cause of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and in the recent past the human papillomavirus (HPV) has been linked to the development of cutaneous basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. In a cross sectional study investigating Beta-HPV infections in skin lesions, an unexpe...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Murahwa AT,Muchemwa FC,Duri K,Borok MZ,Kanyera RB,Manhanzva MT,Mapingure MP,Stray-Pedersen B

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:The reported positive rates of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) among Chinese blood donors generally do not include data from pre-donation rapid tests. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of serologic markers for HBsAg and risk factors among blood donors from Chengdu, China. From April 2010 t...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Zhong L,Xi G,Zhang L,Liu S,Wan L,Yu L,Zhou M,Zhang J,He Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed experiments to assess the effects of binding of the HSV-2 Fc receptor (FcR) to purified rabbit nonimmune IgG and purified Fc. Purified Fc (75 micrograms) or nonimmune IgG (100 micrograms) when bound to HSV-2 did not reduce infectivity but did protect the virions against thermal inactivation at 37 degrees C...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Dowler KW,Veltri RW

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gaza Strip borders the southern part of Israel and Egypt. There is a remarkable difference in the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) between Israel (0.5%) and Egypt (10%). A few thousand inhabitants cross the borders daily from the Gaza Strip to both countries. The objectives of this study were to...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Shemer-Avni Y,el Astal Z,Kemper O,el Najjar KJ,Yaari A,Hanuka N,Margalith M,Sikuler E

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an important DNA tumor virus that is associated with approximately 10% of gastric carcinomas and 99% of nasopharyngeal cancers (NPC). DNA methylation and microRNAs (miRNAs) are the most studied epigenetic mechanisms that can prompt disease susceptibility. This study aimed to detect the effe...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Zhao Z,Liu W,Liu J,Wang J,Luo B

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes two measles outbreaks--one in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2002, and the other in Luanda, Angola in March 2003. The outbreaks were notable because they were caused by closely related genotype B2 viruses. This genotype was first described in an outbreak in Libreville, Gabon in the 1980s and ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Smit SB,Hardie D,Tiemessen CT

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to adamantanes for treating influenza A(H3N2) has increased dramatically, worldwide, over the past 5 years. A comprehensive 10-year data set on the rise of adamantane-resistance in Hong Kong is reported. Nucleotide sequences encoding the M2-ion channel of influenza A(H3N2) were obtained from 281 H3N2 isolat...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Tang JW,Ngai KL,Wong JC,Lam WY,Chan PK

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish gut immunity in monkeys to polio-virus type 1, we fed four juvenile bonnet monkeys (Macaca radiata) with 100 median infectious doses of the Mahoney strain of virus. The duration of viral shedding in the throat and faeces and the titre of virus in faeces were measured. Eighteen days after the last monkey s...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Selvakumar R,John TJ

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Travel influences the spread of non-B subtypes of HIV in Europe. The aim of this study was to assess whether the spread of non-B subtypes occurred in Croatia, a country with a low level HIV infection. Phylogenetic analysis of the reverse transcriptase and protease genes was undertaken in 145 Croatian patients with the...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ramirez-Piedad MK,Lepej SZ,Yerly S,Begovac J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and M (IgM) antibodies against mumps virus were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens of patients with mumps meningitis. The CSF IgG antibodies correlated well with the respective antibody titers in serum. On the contrary, i...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Ukkonen P,Granström ML,Räsänen J,Salonen EM,Penttinen K

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus-specific complement-fixing IgM (CMV CF-IgM) antibody was detected in 12/84 (14.3 percent) sera containing CMV-specific IgM. Higher titres were obtained by using a purified antigen preparation containing enveloped virus particles and membrane fragments when compared with a crude extract of infected cell...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Booth JC,Mohammed HS

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial (RSV) and parainfluenza (PIV) viruses are primary causes of acute bronchiolitis and wheezing illnesses in infants and young children. To further understand inflammation in the airways following infection, we tested for the presence of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and natural tissue inhibitors ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Elliott MB,Welliver RC Sr,Laughlin TS,Pryharski KS,LaPierre NA,Chen T,Souza V,Terio NB,Hancock GE

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of drug-resistant variants during antiretroviral therapy is a serious obstacle to sustained suppression of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). For that reason, resistance assays are essential to guide clinicians in the selection of optimal treatment regimens. Genotypic assays are less expens...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Garcia-Perez J,Sanchez-Palomino S,Perez-Olmeda M,Fernandez B,Alcami J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The JC virus (JCV) is a common human virus persisting in renal tissue. In immunocompromised individuals it may reactivate and cause progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). JCV has also been implicated in cancerogenesis, leading to various brain tumors and cancers of gastrointestinal tract. In this study the ...

journal_title：Journal of medical virology

authors： Kmieciak D,Debicki S,Trzeciak WH

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00