Virus Weekly articles from August 2003

Virus Weekly archives from August 2003

HIV-1 epidemic in the United States dates back to 1968.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data analysis has revealed that the origin of the HIV-1 epidemic in the United States dates back to 1968. "Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 subtype B sequences (whole envelope and the p17...

Anti-West Nile virus IgM detected in chicken serum.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anti-West Nile virus IgM was detected in chicken serum by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. "The emergence of West Nile (WN) virus in New York and the surrounding area in 1999 prompted an...

Viral reservoirs stable over long term.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reservoirs of latent HIV infection are stable over long periods of time. "Latent HIV-1 persists in resting memory CD4+ T cells, even in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy...

Manifestations of hantavirus infections dictated by rodent host.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The manifestations of hantavirus infections are dictated by the rodent host. According to a study from the United States, "Infectious febrile nephropathies, initially described as epidemics during...

Nucleoside chain terminators face many hurdles for overcoming HCV polymerase.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nucleoside chain terminators face many hurdles for overcoming HCV polymerase. "Nucleoside chain terminators represent one of the most promising classes of antiviral drug for DNA viruses and...

Antigenic cross-reactivity between measles and cowpea mosaic viruses found.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antigenic cross-reactivity was found between measles and cowpea mosaic viruses. "Two nonrelated viruses, cowpea mosaic virus (wtCPMV) and measles virus (MV), were found to induce cross-reactive...

Electron microscopy can differentiate poxviruses from herpesviruses.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Electron microscopy can differentiate poxviruses from herpesviruses. According to a study from the United States, "With increased threat of terrorism, much attention is being directed toward...

HPV testing is valuable in detecting or excluding cervical cancer.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HPV testing is valuable in detecting or excluding cervical cancer. "In a prospective cohort study, 8466 women attending routine cervical cancer screening were recruited. Colposcopy was performed on...

HPV-16 recurrence is associated with differing T cell response to L1 and E7.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Specific T cell responses to HPV-16 proteins L1 and E7 are associated with different disease states and recurrence. "Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) L1 and E7 specific T cell responses were...

Study suggests HPV16 can skirt the immune system.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a large study of HIV positive women, human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16), the virus responsible for approximately half of all cervical cancers, appeared to be better at dodging the immune system than...

Ribavirin maintenance therapy improves biochemical findings in nonresponders.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Ribavirin maintenance therapy can generate improvements in biochemical findings despite nonvirological response in patients who take combination therapy for...

Most hepatitis C patients treated with Pegasys still virus free 4 years later.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New observations for patients with hepatitis C were announced at the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL). The largest-ever analysis of cirrhotic patient...

Satellites will join search for source of virus.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microscopes are not the only tools available to study disease. A new European Space Agency (ESA) project employs satellites to predict and help combat epidemic outbreaks, as well as join the hunt for...

Dengue virus strain patterns in Venezuela characterized.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The epidemiology of recent dengue virus epidemics in Venezuela has been characterized. "During the past 40 years, dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS) have emerged in humans,...

RNA interference presents a novel way to treat cancers with viral etiologies.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RNA interference presents a novel way to treat cancers with viral etiologies. "The newly discovered phenomenon of RNA interference (RNAi)offers the dual facility of selective viral gene silencing...

Function of zinc-finger motifs in SIV nucleocapsid protein elucidated.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The purpose of a pair of zinc fingers in the nucleocapsid (NC) protein of the simian version of HIV has been elucidated. "To clarify the physiological function of two zinc-finger (ZF) motifs" in...

Aspirin-like agent suppresses HIV replication.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel aspirin-like agent strongly suppresses HIV replication in vitro. "Some anti-inflammatory molecules are also known to possess anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activity," researchers in...

Once-daily protease inhibitor approved by FDA for use in combination therapy.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing clearance for Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate), an azapeptide protease inhibitor indicated...

Interferon resistance gene needed for modified vaccinia virus Ankara replication.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Germany have identified an interferon (IFN) resistance gene whose expression is critical for modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) replication....

Aminoacylation of tRNA primer may block reverse transcription.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aminoacylation of HIV primer tRNA may prevent viral reverse transcription. "HIV-1 utilizes cellular tRNA(3)(Lys) to prime the initiation of reverse transcription," scientists in France explained....

Scientists confirm a link between hepatitis C virus and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The authors of an Italian multicenter study have confirmed an association between hepatitis C virus infection and the risk for acquiring B-cell non-Hodgkin...

NIH grant provided for development of hepatitis C inhibitors.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BCRX) announced that is has been awarded a phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Advanced Technology Grant from the National Institute of Allergy and...

Genmab expands pipeline with hepatitis antibody.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genmab, A/S, announced that it has in-licensed all rights to a human antibody from Connex, GmbH, a privately owned German company currently in administration, and INSERM, the French National Institute...

Epstein Barr viral load can fluctuate without development of PTLD.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In renal transplant patients, EBV can have a fluctuating serological viral load without development of PTLD. "Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD), ranging from lymphoid hyperplasia...

Lassa fever isn't highly transmissible following risky contact in initial phase.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lassa fever contacts, even high risk ones, were not found to have secondary transmission, with one asymptomatic exception. According to a study from Germany, "This study sought to assess the risk...

Ganciclovir and immunoglobulin work better against CMV than the antiviral alone.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lung transplant patients treated with a combination of ganciclovir and immunoglobulin against cytomegalovirus developed fewer cases of disease than ganciclovir given alone. "Despite the serious...

The spectrum of disease that human parvovirus B19 infection causes is very broad.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The spectrum of disease that human parvovirus B19 infection causes is very broad; now includes neurological problems. According to a study from England, "Since its discovery, human parvovirus B19...

Coronavirus confirmed as causative agent.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leading scientists worldwide investigating the cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) confirm that a novel coronavirus is the primary cause of the disease. SARS was first reported in...

Critical illness is common among patients.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with SARS often experience critical illness primarily involving severe respiratory failure, according to a new study. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a newly recognized illness...

Transmission patterns of SARS in Hong Kong elucidated.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The transmission patterns of SARS in Hong Kong have been characterized. Researchers in England presented "an analysis of the first 10 weeks of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic...

CDC: Virus may still be a threat.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A top U.S. health official worries that Americans have been "lulled into a false sense of security" about the threat of smallpox, because biological agents have not yet been found in Iraq. The need...

Ganciclovir can prevent post-transplant adenovirus infections.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The antiviral agent ganciclovir can prevent adenovirus (ADV) infections in stem cell transplant recipients. ADVs "are emerging as important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing...

OncoVEX plus chemotherapeutics lowers dose necessary to kill tumor cells.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioVex announced that the combination of BioVex's proprietary oncolytic agent, OncoVEX, with first line chemotherapeutic agents resulted in significant lowering of the dose of drug needed to achieve...

Dual promoters enable lentiviral vectors to generate coexpressed transgenes.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dual promoters enable lentiviral vectors to generate coexpressed transgenes. "Lentiviral vectors (LVs) offer several advantages over traditional oncoretroviral vectors. LVs efficiently transduce...

A capillary electrophoresis system is able to discern HCV quasispecies.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A capillary electrophoresis system is able to discern HCV quasispecies. "The quasispecies nature of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome is central to the transmission, persistence and pathogenesis of...

Compounds show promise against Flavivirus and animal applications.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immtech International, Inc., (IMMT) announced publication of scientific data describing the activity of aromatic cationic molecules against the bovine diarrhea virus (BVDV). BVDV is an RNA...

Fusogenic genes potentiate the effects of oncolytic virus in tumors.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fusogenic genes potentiate the effects of oncolytic virus in tumors. "Oncolytic viruses have shown considerable promise in the treatment of solid tumors, but their potency must be improved if their...

Genomic RNA 3' NTR doesn't affect hepatitis C virus IRES efficiency.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genomic RNA 3' NTR doesn't affect hepatitis C virus IRES efficiency. According to published research from France, "hepatitis C virus (HCV) translation is mediated by an IRES structure. Instead of a...

Genotype-specific probes assay is useful for detecting hepatitis B coinfection.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genotype-specific probes assay is useful for detecting hepatitis B coinfection. "A genotype-specific probes assay (GSPA) was developed for distinguishing the seven genotypes (A-G) of hepatitis B...

HIV pipeline aimed at combating resistance.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Presentations at the 2nd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment continue to demonstrate GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) commitment to developing new compounds designed to combat...

Mutagenic nucleotide analogs could augment the effect of hepatitis C therapy.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutagenic nucleotide analogs could augment the effect of hepatitis C therapy. "The recent development of in vitro hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA replication systems has provided useful tools for...

Ribozymal targeting of hepatitis C virus could include several sites.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ribozymal targeting of hepatitis C virus could include several sites. "Accessibility to folded RNA and low potential of variation in the target RNA are crucial requirements for ribozyme therapy...

Simian foamy virus detected by combined antigen Western blot assay.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Screening for simian foamy virus infection was accomplished by using a combined antigen Western blot assay. According to recent research from an international team of investigators, "Simian foamy...

The TERT promoter guides adenovirus-driven oncolysis.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - New research shows a distinctive characteristic of tumor cells can be co-opted by conditionally replicative adenovirus to produce the death of those same cells....

Company focuses on host immune response, not the virus.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenoMed, Inc., (MED), a St. Louis, Missouri-based company, reaffirmed its approach to deadly viruses such as SARS, West Nile virus, and HIV. Dr. David Moskowitz, GenoMed's chairman and chief medical...

Antisense drug for West Nile manufactured for clinical trials.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avi BioPharma, Inc., (AVII) announced that it has completed manufacturing of several lots of its West Nile virus Neugene antisense drug, Avi-4020, at its new manufacturing facility in Corvallis, Oregon....

FDA grants clearance to diagnostic test for West Nile Virus.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Panbio received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for a diagnostic kit to test patients with suspected symptoms of the potentially fatal West Nile virus (WNV) disease. Panbio's...

West Nile virus-induced encephalomyelitis found in Canadian horses.
August 5, 2003... 2003 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- West Nile fever has been observed in a number of horses from Canada. "West Nile virus encephalomyelitis was diagnosed in 28 horses presented to the Ontario Veterinary College Veterinary Teaching...

Study links bacterial vaginosis to increased risk for herpesvirus infection.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent investigation from the Magee-Womens Research Institute has found an apparent link between a common gynecological disorder called bacterial vaginosis (BV) and an increased risk for the...

Hepatitis B core antigen should be used for diagnosis in HIV patients.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The hepatitis B core antigen should used in hepatitis B testing of HIV patients. In a recent study, scientists in the United States "screened 651 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected...

Vaccines to treat human papillomavirus-associated disease under development.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Therapeutic vaccines to treat human papillomavirus-associated disease are currently under development. "There is a high prevalence of diseases caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection....

Recombinant influenza virus generated using baculovirus delivery vector.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recombinant influenza virus has been generated using a baculovirus delivery vector. "A recombinant baculovirus vector containing mammalian cell-active promoters and transcription terminators was...

Antiviral susceptibility utilizing flow cytometry is an efficient testing method.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Different lymphotropic herpesviruses respond best to different antivirals; flow cytometry is comparable to immunofluorescent assays. According to published research from the United States,...

AIDS not caused by human immunodeficiency virus.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is only a passenger virus and not a cause of AIDS, according to a report published in the Journal of Biosciences. "In 1981 a new epidemic of about two-dozen...

High HTLV-1 rate confirmed in blood donors from Iranian city.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blood donors from the Iranian city of Mashhad have a high rate of HTLV-1 infection. "The city of Mashhad is the capital of Khorasan, the northeastern province of Iran, which has been recognized as...

Antisense inhibition offers a new way to control hepatitis C virus infection.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - New therapeutic strategies that involve crippling viral translation might be feasible for treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Researchers at...

Derivatives of deoxyuridines did not appear to work as HSV-1 inhibitors in vitro.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- 5-Halo-6-methoxy-5,6-dihydro derivatives of 5-[1-methoxy-2-halo (or 2,2-dihalo) ethyl]-2'-deoxyuridines did not work as herpes simplex virus inhibitors in vitro. "The 5-halo-6-methoxy-5,6-dihydro...

Paper reveals secrets of a cancer virus.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer Research UK scientists have revealed one of the cancer-causing secrets of the notorious Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV). Researchers in Manchester have discovered precisely how the virus - which...

Interferon alpha-2a with ribavirin ineffective for HIV patients with hepatitis C.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The combination of interferon alpha-2a (IFN-alpha-2a) and ribavarin is not effective for HIV patients with hepatitis C. "An open-label, randomized trial was conducted to compare the efficacy and...

DNA deamination plays key role in antiretroviral immune activity.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Deamination of viral DNA plays a key role in antiretroviral immune activity. "CEM15/APOBEC3G is a cellular protein required for resistance to infection by virion infectivity factor (Vif)-deficient"...

CEM15 enzyme induces lentiviral G to A hypermutation.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The enzyme CEM15 promotes hypermutation in HIV and similar viruses. "High mutation frequency during reverse transcription has a principal role in the genetic variation of primate lentiviral...

Resistance data reported on tipranavir.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phase II investigational studies presented at the 2nd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment suggest that tipranavir may maintain activity against HIV that is resistant...

Novel mathematical model may aid study of cellular HIV spread.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel mathematical model may aid the study of cellular HIV transmission. Scientists in Iowa developed "a two-dimensional model of cell-to-cell spread of HIV-1 in tissue cultures, assuming that...

HepCgen genotyping service helps fight "silent epidemic".
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new centralized genotyping service that enables clinicians to differentiate between types of hepatitis C infections is poised to improve treatment for patients with hepatitis C, a severely...

Pennsylvania's state prisons changing way they treat inmates.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pennsylvania's state prison officials plan to treat far fewer inmates found to be infected with hepatitis C, but those who are treated will get better care. In fact, new guidelines that go into...

Neuralgia may be caused by mononuclear cell traffic and subsequent ganglionitis.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postherpetic neuralgia from herpes zoster may occur as a result of mononuclear cell trafficking and ganglionitis upon attempts of virus to reactivate. "Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is dermatomal...

Glycoproteins M and N of herpesvirus 8 form complexes, inhibit cell fusion.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Glycoproteins M and N of human herpesvirus 8 form a complex and inhibit cell fusion. According to published research from the United States, "Glycoproteins M (gM) and N (gN) are well conserved...

The VZV gene 66 is active in latency, phosphorylating IE62 to maintain latency.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The varicella-zoster virus gene 66 is active in latently infected human ganglia, and controls IE62 to maintain latency by phosphorylating it. "Latent infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is...

Protein that fights bacteria and viruses cloned.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacteria and viruses are completely different classes of pathogens, and not surprisingly the body uses completely different molecular "receptors" to detect them in order to mount an immune defense. ...

Novel monoclonal antibodies may aid detection of Norwalk-like viruses.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pair of monoclonal antibodies may aid the diagnosis of norovirus infection. According to recent research from Japan, scientists "have been characterizing monoclonal antibodies against Norovirus...

HHV-8 open reading frame mutations can aid study of Kaposi sarcoma development.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel technique for genotyping human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) may aid research on the development of Kaposi sarcoma. HHV-8 "can be classified into distinct subtypes on the basis of sequence...

Adenovirus-produced pyelonephritis is a possible risk for pediatric patients.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenovirally produced pyelonephritis can occur in pediatric renal transplant patients. According to recent research published in the journal Pediatric Nephrology, "Gross hematuria, graft pain, and...

NKG2D-DAP10 can activate NK killing without ITAM or Syk involvement.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new method of lymphocyte activation not involving ITAM or the Syk family of tyrosine kinases, triggered by NKG2D-DAP10, is capable of inducing killing. "The immune recognition receptor complex...

Viral integration at select gene sites preface the advent of cancer.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Viral integration at select gene sites preface the advent of cancer. "Chronic infections with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are important risk factors for...

Technology measures enzyme activity associated with AIDS.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc., (CBTE) was notified by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that the claims made in its patent application, entitled "Measuring Viral Reverse Transcriptase...

Human respiratory syncytial virus is detectable in PBMC of many patients.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with lower respiratory infections often had respiratory syncytial virus infection detectable by PCR in the blood, and also had recurrences. According to a study from Japan, "Peripheral...

CDC cuts U.S. case count in half.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. officials chopped in half the number of suspected and probable SARS cases because some people who supposedly had the disease lacked antibodies to the virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease...

Automated assay useful for identifying stem cell recipeints with high CMV disease risk.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An automated assay is useful for identifying stem cell recipients with a high risk of developing cytomegalovirus disease. "In the search for better protocols of pre-emptive therapy of human...

Vascular thrombosis is a risk factor in acute cytomegalovirus infection.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunocompetent patients with acute cytomegalovirus infection can have vascular damage and acute thrombosis. According to recent research from France, "Acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in...

Adenoviral E1A deactivates cancer growth mechanisms by inducing p21.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenoviral E1A deactivates cancer growth mechanisms by inducing p21. According to a study from the United States, "the adenovirus-5 E1A gene encodes two main proteins of 289 and 243 amino acid...

Infantile chronic recurrent parotitis is yet not attributable to a virus.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infantile chronic recurrent parotitis does not appear to be attributable to adenovirus, RSV, influenza, parainfluenza, cytomegalovirus, EBV, or mumps. "Infantile chronic recurrent parotitis (ICRP)...

Current infectious diseases threats discussed.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Current emerging infectious disease threats are bringing a heightened sense of awareness of smallpox, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), monkeypox, norovirus, HIV, and West Nile virus, health...

Feline immunodeficiency virus gag sequences are needed for RNA encapsidation.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Feline immunodeficiency virus gag sequences are needed for RNA encapsidation. According to recent research published in the journal Virus Research, "feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)-based...

Hepatitis C virion morphogenesis may take place in intracellular vesicles.
August 12, 2003... 2003 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virion morphogenesis may take place in intracellular vesicles. "In this study, 13 samples of liver biopsies from patients with chronic hepatitis C were studied by transmission electron...