Virus Weekly articles from July 2004

Virus Weekly archives from July 2004

Virologists call for follow-up of HPV+ women.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers called on French health system to follow up on women after studying the prevalence of human papillomavirus in that country's female population. "Since human papillomavirus (HPV) is the...

HAART-PI but not HAART-NNRTI strongly inhibit SAP expression in the oral cavity.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Highly active anti-retroviral therapies with protease inhibitors but not non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors strongly inhibit SAP expression in the oral cavity. "Highly active...

Damaged mouse immune system can't stop escape of mutating virus.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When a major branch of the mouse immune system is disabled, a normally harmless virus can rapidly mutate into a lethal one, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St....

Mothers transmit RSV infection more often to sons.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mothers transmit respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to sons more readily than to daughters, a recent study found. "Opposite gender transmission may increase the severity of certain infections. If...

West Nile encephalitis patients respond promptly to new treatment.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenoMed, Inc., (GMED), a disease management company that uses its expertise in genomics to improve clinical outcomes, announced that the country's second case of West Nile virus encephalitis has...

Molecular analysis of adenovirus isolates from young adults reported.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have performed a molecular analysis of adenovirus isolates from vaccinated and unvaccinated young adults. "Infections of adenovirus type 4 (Ad4) and Ad7 were discovered among previously...

DDR1/DDR2 potential role in obstructive diseases of blood vessels and lungs.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Discoidin domain receptors 1 and 2 have potential roles in obstructive diseases of the blood vessels and lungs. According to a study from the United States, "Obstructive diseases of blood vessels...

''Collateral damage'' linked to cephalosporin or quinolone antibiotic therapy.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ''Collateral damage'' is linked to cephalosporin or quinolone antibiotic therapy. "Collateral damage'' is a term used to refer to ecological adverse effects of antibiotic therapy; namely, the...

Antiviral proteins from C. album L leaves inhibit virus infections.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antiviral proteins from Chenopodium album L leaves inhibit virus infections. According to published research from India, "Antiviral proteins (AVPs) named CAP-I and CAP-II purified from the leaves of...

Patients with chronic ulcers and erosions should be screened for MRSA.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with chronic ulcers and erosions should be screened for MRSA. According to a study from Germany, "The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was prospectively...

New calicivirus isolated from walrus.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have isolated a new calicivirus from walrus. According to a study from the United States, "The nucleotide sequence and genome organization of a new member of Caliciviridae was...

Toll-like receptor signals needed to reverse regulatory CD8 tolerance.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Persistent Toll-like receptor signals are required for reversal of regulatory T cell-mediated CD8 tolerance. According to a study from the United States, "One chief barrier to cancer immunotherapy...

Normal Pap + negative HPV test = longer screening intervals.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A woman with a normal Pap smear and a negative human papillomavirus test result may be able to go 3 to 5 years between Pap smears, researchers suggest. "High-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV) are...

Steatosis exacerbates liver injury in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Steatosis exacerbates liver injury in patients with chronic hepatitis C. "Steatosis is increasingly recognized as a cofactor influencing the progression of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C however,...

A type of human papillomavirus may be linked to carcinoma of the conjunctiva.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers find human papillomavirus (HPV) is present on the conjunctiva of a majority of a group with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the conjunctiva. "A total of 21 SCC conjunctiva and 22...

Environmental and viral causes of type 1 diabetes reviewed.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists review potential environmental and viral causes of type 1 diabetes in a recent issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. According to a study from Finland, "During...

Diabetes associated with lichen planus cases in Turkey.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diabetes was associated with lichen planus cases in the Cukurova region of Turkey. According to recent research published in the Journal of Dermatology, "The aim of the present study was to...

Therapy for virally induced inflammation in type 1 diabetes outlined.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists outline therapeutic avenues for virally induced inflammation in type 1 diabetes in a recent issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. "RIP-LCMV mice mirror many...

New strategies detect HIV earlier and more effectively than ever.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) have developed an ultra-sensitive testing technique that has shown the ability to detect HIV infection earlier than all current methods. This new...

Whooping cough outbreak in Robertson County, Tennessee.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An outbreak of whooping cough in Robertson County has left about 40 people sick and prompted the health department to administer antibiotics in a number of homes, officials said June 14, 2004. ...

Nurse dies from tuberculosis.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A part-time nurse at Chesapeake General Hospital died of tuberculosis, prompting health officials to notify hundreds of people who may have come in contact with her. City health director Nancy...

Different levels of adherence determine specific antiretroviral resistance.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Different levels of adherence determine specific antiretroviral resistance. According to a study from the United States, "Public health debates about providing HIV antiretroviral therapy to...

Infectivity-enhanced adenoviral vectors guide ovarian cancer gene therapy.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infectivity-enhanced adenoviral vectors guide ovarian cancer gene therapy. "Ovarian carcinoma cells are often infected inefficiently by adenoviruses (Ad) due to low expression of coxsackie...

FDA issues warning letter regarding Norvir.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories has received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Division of Drug Marketing Advertising and Communications (DDMAC) outlining concerns related to the website...

Early diagnosis and treatment of primary HIV-1 infection may be critical.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early diagnosis and treatment of primary HIV-1 infection may be critical. According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, "Emerging evidence suggests that early...

Fusion inhibitors effective in HIV patients able to maintain virological control.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fusion inhibitors are effective in HIV patients that are able to maintain virological control. "The number of antiretroviral-experienced HIV patients with multiple resistances against the currently...

Investigational PI 640385 (VX-385) indicates activity against HIV.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (VRTX) presented data for an investigational protease inhibitor (PI) 640385 (VX-385) that appears to be active against HIV, including strains that...

Low-dose iron supplementation does not increase HIV-1 load.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low-dose iron supplementation does not increase HIV-1 load. According to published research from Denmark, "Observational data suggest that iron may increase HIV replication and the rate of...

Sleep deprivation protects against HIVgp120 and TNF-alpha deleterious effects.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sleep deprivation protects against the HIVgp120 and TNF-alpha deleterious effects. According to recent research published in the journal Neuroscience Letters, "The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

Kaposi sarcoma is a model for cancer immunotherapy.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kaposi sarcoma is a model for cancer immunotherapy. For over a century physicians have "attempted to harness the potential therapeutic power of the immune system to treat patients with cancer. The...

Management strategy for anemia in HIV infection elucidated.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A management strategy for anemia in HIV infection has been elucidated by consensus. According to a study from the United States, "Anemia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients can...

United States House moves to help AIDS orphans in developing nations.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United States House of Representatives has directed the government to increase its help for orphans and vulnerable children in developing countries and moved to set up a new office concentrating on...

Prevention interventions needed to elicit prevention myths in active drug users.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prevention interventions are needed to elicit prevention myths in active drug users. "Drug injectors and crack users (526) in South Florida responded to a survey questionnaire that was designed to...

HIV viral load rebounders have limited long-term naive CD4+ cell reconstitution.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV viral load rebound patients have limited long-term naive CD4+ cell reconstitution. According to a study from Greece, "Long-term (3.5 years) immune reconstitution in relation to viral load...

HIV-1 long terminal repeat repressed by the c-Myc oncoprotein.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The HIV-1 long terminal repeat is repressed by the c-Myc oncoprotein. "The effect of trans-acting factors on cis-acting DNA elements on the HIV-1 promoter are the principal determinant regulating...

HIV-related germ cell tumor not more aggressive than GCT in general population.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-related germ cell tumor is not more aggressive than GCT in the general population. "Testicular germ cell tumor (GCT) is not an AIDS-defining illness despite an increased incidence in men with...

KSHV-encoded LANA protein stabilizes beta-catenin by binding to GSK-3.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kapsosi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-encoded LANA protein stabilizes beta-catenin by binding to the negative regulator GSK-3. "The Kapsosi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, KSHV, is associated...

Novel polysulfated galactose-derivatized dendrimers binding antagonists of HIV-1.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel polysulfated galactose-derivatized dendrimers are binding antagonists of HIV-1. According to recent research from the United States, "Evidence indicates that galactosyl ceramide (GalCer) and...

OTK18 expression in brain NIP parallels severity of HIV-1 encephalitis.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- OTK18 expression in brain mononuclear phagocytes parallels the severity of HIV-1 encephalitis. "OTK18 was isolated by mRNA differential display of human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) infected...

Anal Pap smears inaccurate predictor of high-grade anal dysplasia.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anal Pap smears are inaccurate predictors of high-grade anal dysplasia. "We compared the pathological diagnoses obtained by anal Papanicolaou (Pap) smear with those obtained by anal biopsy or by...

Increased HIV testing in underutilized venues may increase HIV status awareness.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Increased HIV testing in underutilized venues may increase the awareness of HIV status. According to recent research from the United States, "In an effort to help fight the HIV epidemic, we offered...

Measure of barriers to HIV testing among high-risk individuals developed.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A measure of barriers to HIV testing among high-risk individuals has been developed. "Rates of HIV antibody testing remain at approximately 45% of the general population. To more effectively design...

Bis-anthracycline antibiotics inhibit HIV-1 transcription.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bis-anthracycline antibiotics inhibit HIV-1 transcription. According to recent research published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, "The increasing numbers of human...

CCR5 antagonists may be effective as anti-HIV-1 agents.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CCR5 antagonists may be effective as anti-HIV-1 agents. "We have previously reported the novel lead compound 1a as a CCR5 antagonist for treatment of HIV-1 infection," wrote researchers in Japan....

CD4+ T-cell response increased with sustained virologic control following HAART.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CD4+ T-cell response is increased in HIV-infected patients with sustained virologic control following HAART. According to recent research published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency...

Maintenance therapy discontinuation for histoplasmosis safe after HAART response.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Discontinuing maintenance therapy for disseminated histoplasmosis is safe after HIV-infected patients respond to antiretroviral therapy. "We performed a prospective observational study to assess the...

New HIV-1 integrase inhibitors developed.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New HIV-1 integrase inhibitors have been developed. "Existing AIDS therapies are out of reach for most HIV-infected people in developing countries and, where available, they are limited by their...

Pharmacokinetics of indinavir plus low-dose ritonavir in children similar.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The pharmacokinetics of indinavir plus low-dose ritonavir in HIV-1-infected children studied. According to a study from Netherlands, "So far, no pediatric doses for indinavir combined with ritonavir...

Piperazine-based CCR5 antagonists effective against HIV-1.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Piperazine-based CCR5 antagonists are effective against HIV-1. According to published research from the United States, "The nature and the size of the benzylic substituent are shown to be the key...

TAMs accumulate at similar rates during ZDV or d4T treatment.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thymidine analogue resistance mutations accumulate at similar rates during ZDV or d4T treatment. "Zidovudine (ZDV) and stavudine (d4T) select for the same set of thymidine analogue resistance...

Medications help keep AIDS victims alive.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kerry Morrow is 38 years old, but feels 98. HIV-positive since 1986 and diagnosed with AIDS in 1998, Morrow can't work, can't drive and can't clean his own house. He shuffles around his living...

Sterile needle program eyed in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Defying a state ban, city officials are poised to approve New Jersey's first needle exchange program for intravenous drug users in hopes of stemming what one health official calls an "epidemic" of HIV...

Hepatitis E virus in human feces detected and quantitated by real-time PCR.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis E virus in human feces was detected and quantitated by a real-time PCR assay. "Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of an acute and self-limited form of hepatitis. The virus is...

Hepatitis C reigns among mental health patients and substance abusers in Japan.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C reigns among mental health patients and substance abusers in Japan. According to recent research from Japan, "the prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody in 1193 hospitalized...

HBV/HIV coinfected patients increased risk for virologic failure after HAART.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HBV/HIV coinfected patients have an increased risk for virologic failure after HAART. "Between June 1994 and February 2003, a total of 111 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with...

Hepatitis delta virus ribozymes are controlled by a conformational switch.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis delta virus ribozymes are controlled by a conformational switch. "Ribozymes enhance chemical reaction rates using many of the same catalytic strategies as protein enzymes. In the hepatitis...

VA to host free hepatitis C screening for veterans.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New Jersey and New York veterans have the highest risk for hepatitis C in the nation, so the Veterans Administration and U.S. Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen are sponsoring a free screening for the...

Insulin resistance helps predict chronic hepatitis C-related liver fibrosis.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Insulin resistance helps predict chronic hepatitis C-related liver fibrosis. According to researchers in Australia, "we sought to develop a clinically useful index comprising standard and...

CD8+ T-cell expansion impedes interferon's efforts against hepatitis C virus.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CD8+ T-cell expansion impedes interferon's efforts against hepatitis C virus. "The role of CD8+ T lymphocytes in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and in liver injury with subsequent...

Cell surface receptor SLAM controls T-cell and macrophage activity.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) helps control cytokine production by T-cells and macrophages. According to recent research from the United States, SLAM, "a glycoprotein expressed on...

TLR3 dispensable for effective antiviral immunity.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TLR3 is not necessary for effective immune responses to viral infections. "The Toll-like receptor (TLR) family functions to recognize conserved microbial and viral structures with the purpose of...

Complement has role in pathogenesis of invasive fungal infections.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Complement has a role in the pathogenesis of invasive fungal infections. "New therapeutic approaches enable organ transplantations and guarantee longer survival for AIDS patients or patients with...

Complications with A. niger infection is characterized by a high mortality rate.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hematological disease complicated by Aspergillus niger infection is characterized by a high mortality rate. According to recent research published in the journal Mycoses, "In this paper we analyzed...

HPS cases related to rodent distribution, agricultural and demographic variables.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome cases are related to rodent distribution, agricultural and demographic variables. According to published research from Argentina, "We studied the spatial and temporal...

Mechanism of fluconazole resistance in C. glabrata during prophylaxis elucidated.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The mechanism of fluconazole resistance in Candida glabrata during prophylaxis has been elucidated. "Candida glabrata can become resistant to fluconazole, causing persistent colonization and...

The CXCR3 ligand I-TAC correlates with chronic hepatitis C-related inflammation.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The CXCR3 ligand I-TAC correlates with chronic hepatitis C-related inflammation. According to recent research from Australia, "the factors that regulate lymphocyte traffic in chronic hepatitis C...

Intramuscular hepatitis B immunoglobulin offers advantages to liver recipients.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intramuscular hepatitis B immunoglobulin offers advantages to liver recipients. According to a study from Italy, "the combination of lamivudine and hepatitis B immunoglobulins (HBIg) to prevent...

SV40 DNA sequences are absent in primary central nervous system lymphomas.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SV40 DNA sequences are absent in primary central nervous system lymphomas. According to recent research published in the journal Virchows Archiv, "Simian virus 40 (SV40) is known to induce primary...

Lessons from measles surveillance in the U.S. outlined.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators outline the lessons learned from establishing and evaluating indicators of the quality of measles surveillance in the United States in a recent issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases....

Reinforcement of reporting of measles cases in U.S. warranted.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Efforts to reinforce the clinical recognition and reporting of measles cases in the United States are warranted. "Measles surveillance is complex: the patient must seek health care, the diagnosis...

Measles clinical case definition evaluated.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers provide an evaluation of the measles clinical case definition in a recent issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. According to a study from the United States, "An accurate system...

Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 p13[superscript]II negatively regulates cell growth.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 p13[superscript]II negatively regulates cell growth. "Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)encodes an 'accessory' protein named p13[superscript]II that is...

Health officials say Botswana polio campaign was wake-up call to the world.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The discovery of Botswana's first polio case in 13 years is a wake-up call to other African countries believed to be free of the crippling disease, U.N. officials warned amid a massive door-to-door...

Diversity of prions reviewed.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the diversity of prions in a recent issue of the journal Nature Cell Biology. According to scientists in Switzerland, "The protein-only hypothesis proposes that prions propagate...

Final results of phase I/II trial of CG7870 reported.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc., (CEGE) reported final clinical data from its phase I/II clinical trial of CG7870 oncolytic (cancer cell-killing) virus therapy for prostate cancer. The trial enrolled 23...

Hospital says flawed cleaning procedure may have exposed patients to viruses.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A hospital notified 177 patients that they may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis because equipment used to check their digestive systems might not have been properly cleaned. North Shore...

Interferon blocks HCV-induced renal injury after transplantation.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interferon blocks HCV-induced renal injury after transplantation. "Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the main cause of chronic liver disease after renal transplantation (RT). It is considered in...

SARS coronavirus spike protein protectively immunizes mice.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus spike protein expressed by attenuated vaccinia virus protectively immunizes mice. "The spike protein (S), a membrane component of severe acute...

Early absolute lymphocyte count useful prognostic marker for infection after SCT.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An early absolute lymphocyte count is a useful prognostic marker for risk of opportunistic infection following allogeneic stem cell transplant. According to published research from South Korea, "The...

Empirical data on varicella situation in Germany released.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators have released empirical data on the varicella situation in Germany in a recent issue of Clinical Microbiology and Infection to help make vaccination decisions. "As epidemiological...

Hepatitis C virus genotype 1a responds to a host of immunodominant epitopes.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virus genotype 1a responds to a host of immunodominant epitopes. According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Immunology, "cellular immunity against multiple hepatitis...

La protein binds to NS5 and NS3 and to 5' and 3' ends of Dengue 4 virus RNA.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- La protein binds to NS5 and NS3 and to the 5' and 3' ends of Dengue 4 virus RNA. According to recent research published in the journal Virus Research, "In vitro replication of dengue virus requires...

Novel murine model of Hantaan virus infection developed.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel murine model may shed new light on cytotoxic T-cell activity during HTNV infection. In a recent study, virologists in Japan "established a viral persistence model that involves the adoptive...

Health official fears monsoon could bring West Nile virus cases.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coconino County, Arizona, health officials are bracing for possible West Nile virus cases after this year's monsoon season. County Health Department Director Barbara Worgess told the Board of...