Virus Weekly articles from May 2003

Virus Weekly archives from May 2003

New research establishes genetic associations.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virus (HCV), as a major agent of non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANBH), has been described as an insidious disease and a silent epidemic, mainly because the infection is often subclinical. Acute...

UI patents mutant chickenpox virus.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Iowa (UI) Research Foundation has been issued a patent for the first-known mutant chickenpox virus. The initial discovery was made in 1998 by Charles Grose, MD, UI professor of...

Soluble ICAM-I correlates with response to retreatment for hepatitis C virus.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Soluble ICAM-I correlates with response to retreatment for hepatitis C virus. "At present two of the most relevant problems of the therapy of HCV-related chronic active hepatitis are the retreatment...

Rotaviruses causing diarrhea in Vietnamese children characterized.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from England and Vietnam have characterized the rotaviruses causing diarrhea in Vietnamese children. "Fecal samples from 123 children admitted to the Centre for Tropical Diseases in Ho...

HHV8 and HIV Tat interaction linked to pathogenesis.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An interaction between human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) and the HIV Tat protein plays a role in Kaposi sarcoma development. "AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (AKS) is particularly aggressive, and it is...

Virus-virus interaction avoids receptor requirement by retroviruses.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Probability of leukemia increases by virus-virus interaction circumvents the virus receptor requirement for infection by pathogenic retroviruses. "During ongoing C-type retrovirus infection, the...

Stampidine first effective agent against FIV.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists from Parker Hughes Cancer Center report that stampidine is the first single agent to be safe and effective in treating cats chronically infected with feline immunodeficiency virus, or FIV....

FDA clears Cobas Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor Test.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Cobas Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor Test (version 1.5), an enhanced version of Roche's polymerase chain...

New technology neutralizes viruses, bacteria, spores.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bio-Defense Research Group, Inc., (BDRGI) a biotechnology firm based in Maryland, announced the availability of Path-Away, a technology that neutralizes deadly airborne bioterror agents such as anthrax...

Mutation of p53 appears to be unrelated to the presence or absence of HPV.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutation of p53 appears to be unrelated to the presence or absence of human papillomavirus (HPV). "Functional loss of the tumor suppressor p53 by alterations in its TP53 gene is a frequent event in...

NLS in UL84 protein mediates nuclear import via importin alpha/beta pathway.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nonconventional nuclear localization signal (NLS) in UL84 protein of human cytomegalovirus mediates nuclear import via importin alpha/beta pathway. "The open reading frame UL84 of human...

Risk of vision loss is high in AIDS patients.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence of visual impairment for patients who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and are diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is high, but varies with demographic...

Portable sensor for biological agent detection in final development stage.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Integrated Nano-Technologies (INT) announced that it has acquired a suite of patents that will establish it as the leader in electronic DNA detection. At the same time, INT is completing...

Peptide on virus-like particles protects mice against Japanese encephalitis.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Japanese encephalitis virus peptide present on Johnson grass mosaic virus-like particles induced virus-neutralizing antibodies that protected mice against a lethal challenge. According to recent...

RNA analysis enables the detection of hepatitis A virus in oysters.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RNA analysis enables the detection of hepatitis A virus in oysters. "Shellfish are readily contaminated with viruses present in water containing sewage because of the concentration effect of filter...

Knowledge of factors behind hepatitis C virus in veterans improves screening.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Knowledge of factors behind hepatitis C virus in veterans improves screening. According to a study from the United States, "a cross-sectional, seroepidemiological study was conducted to determine...

Hormone treatment may increase susceptibility.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Certain types of hormone treatments may increase a woman's risk of contracting genital herpes say researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Their findings appear in the Journal of...

Positive hepatitis C, hepatitis B treatment results released.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., presented positive preclinical results of NM283, its hepatitis C virus (HCV) clinical drug candidate, at the 11th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis & Liver Disease...

Nucleocapsid protein binds an ubiquitin-related modifier at the N-terminal.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nucleocapsid protein of Tula hantavirus has non-covalent bonding with sentrin (or SUMO-1), a ubiquitin modifier. According to a study from Finland, "To find cellular binding counterparts for...

Hepatitis C virus RNA stability in plasma relies on storage temperatures.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virus RNA stability in plasma relies on storage temperatures. "One important issue related to hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT) is the storage...

Pegasys doubles the efficacy in CHB versus conventional interferon.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study results presented at the 11th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, Sydney, Australia, demonstrate that Pegasys, a new-generation hepatitis C therapy, more than doubled the...

Inhibitor-binding site location interferes with hepatitis C virus polymerase.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inhibitor-binding site location interferes with hepatitis C virus polymerase. "X-ray crystal structures of two non-nucleoside analogue inhibitors bound to hepatitis C virus NS5B RNA-dependent RNA...

HSV vectors with vhs gene deletion offer dendritic cell immunotherapy.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Deletion of the virion host shutoff protein (vhs) from the herpes simplex virus (HSV) relieved the viral block to dendritic cell activation. According to recent research published in the Journal of...

All glycoprotein B genotypes can be found in all types of infection.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- All four human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B genotypes can be found in all types of infection. According to a study from Italy, "Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strains, obtained from immunocompetent...

Salivary IgM can be used to detect dengue virus infection.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibodies in saliva can be used to diagnose dengue virus infection. "To evaluate alternative approaches to the serological diagnosis of dengue virus (DEN) infection, the detection of DEN-specific...

FDA licenses granted for new hepatitis B tests.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., (BIO; BIO.B) announced that two of its test kits used for the screening and confirmation of the hepatitis B virus have been approved by the United States Food and Drug...

No SARS from parcels or post.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) cannot be contracted from handling letters or postal packages sent from the world's affected regions. Chronopost International air express, which is the...

Virally induced signaling cascades in host cells do not vary; should be targeted.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Host signalling cascades induced by influenza virus may be the best, least variable target for antiviral therapy. According to a study from Germany, "Influenza viruses continue to pose a severe...

Drug discovery, development research grant program announced.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will award $500,000 in grants for innovative HIV/AIDS drug research in recognition of the need to produce new alternatives and hope in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. ...

Discovery of proteins suggests possible new therapeutic targets.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dr. Wesley Sundquist, professor of biochemistry at the University of Utah, presented at the Experimental Biology 2003 meeting in San Diego on his work in elucidating how HIV is manufactured and...

NucliSen Basic Kit NASBA for diagnosis with end-point and real-time detection.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A NucliSen Basic Kit nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) has been developed for diagnosis of parainfluenza virus infection with end-point and real-time detection. According to a study...

Drug-resistant viral genotypes common in neonates.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drug-resistant HIV genotypes are as common in infected newborns as in adult patients, even in the absence of perinatal drug exposure. According to researchers in the United States, "a...

Oral valacyclovir can treat CMV disease following bone marrow transplantation.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oral valacyclovir is comparable to intravenous ganciclovir for prevention of cytomegalovirus disease after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. "In this multicenter, randomized study,...

Reactivation of BK polyomavirus and interstitial nephritis are a risk.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Renal tubular epithelial cells and decoy cells containing reactivated BK polyomavirus can occur in renal transplant. "Human polyomavirus (PV) interstitial nephritis has recently been recognized as...

CXCR2 regulates RSV-induced airway hyperreactivity and mucus overproduction.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CXCR2 regulates respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-induced airway hyperreactivity and mucus overproduction. "Severe inflammation and mucus overproduction are partially responsible for respiratory...

CDC lab sequences genome of new coronavirus.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sequenced the genome for the coronavirus believed to be responsible for the global epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS....

DNA vaccine protects mice against a lethal vaccinia virus challenge.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A four-gene-combination DNA vaccine protected mice against a lethal vaccinia virus challenge and elicited appropriate antibody responses in nonhuman primates. According to published research from...

HTLV-1 Tax oncoprotein binds to a PDZ domain of the IL-16 precursor.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It is the HTLV-1 protein Tax that can produce T cell malignancy, due to its binding to a PDZ domain on pro-IL-16. "HTLV-1 Tax oncoprotein interacts with various cellular factors and modulates...

CMV screening not feasible for donated blood in India.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The high seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in blood donors from India makes CMV screening impractical. CMV "is known to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following blood...

The nuclear orphan receptor TR4 suppresses hepatitis B virus core promoter.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nuclear orphan receptor TR4 suppresses hepatitis B virus core promoter. According to published research from the United States, "the TR4 orphan receptor is a member of the nuclear receptor...

Core-envelope 1-based assays can quickly distinguish hepatitis C virus subtypes.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Core-envelope 1-based assays can quickly distinguish hepatitis C virus subtypes. According to a study from Denmark, "a reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) assay using conserved primers deduced from...

HIV vaccine candidate taken by into phase I trial in U.S., Africa.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epimmune, Inc., (EPMN) announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), holds an active Investigational New Drug...

Researchers find method to study hidden HIV reservoirs.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists are now one step closer to understanding how HIV hides in cells and rears its ugly head once patients stop taking combination drug therapy, which can suppress viral loads to undetectable...

The Hungarian population is host to several different TT virus genotypes.
May 6, 2003... 2003 MAY 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Hungarian population is host to several different TT virus genotypes. According to recent research published in the journal FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, "the majority of the viral...

Hepatitis virus persistence found.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at two Texas universities have discovered how hepatitis C virus thwarts immune system efforts to eliminate it. The finding, published online in ScienceExpress, could lead to more...

Viruses of Bunya- and Togaviridae families have potential as bioterrorism agents.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Viruses belonging to the Bunya- and Togaviridae families have potential as bioterrorism agents. According to recent research published in the journal Antiviral Research, "When considering viruses...

Ocular and respiratory symptoms attributed to influenza vaccine in Canada.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from a controlled trial involving adults indicated that ocular and respiratory symptoms were associated with an inactivated split influenza vaccine. "In 2000, an influenza vaccine was...

Adeno-associated virus circumvents problems associated with renal gene transfer.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Renal gene therapies that incorporate adeno-associated virus as a delivery vehicle can elude problems often associated with gene transfer. "Gene therapy...

Pneumocystis carinii infection of ear presents as first indication of HIV.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dutch researchers report on the case of a patient whose Pneumocystis carinii infection of the ear was the first manifestation of HIV infection. According to recent research from Netherlands, "We...

Blood banking, public health officials meet to head off infections.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, infected approximately 4,000 U.S. individuals throughout 39 states and the District of Columbia during 2002. Prior to 2002, it had been thought...

Caspofungin successfully treats resistant oropharyngeal candidiasis.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Switzerland report caspofungin successfully treats resistant oropharyngeal candidiasis. "A patient with AIDS developed oropharyngeal candidiasis. Candida albicans and C. glabrata...

Chromatin repression by histone deacetylation downregulates MHC-I transcription.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenovirus 12 transformed cells have downregulated MHC class I due to histone deacetylation. "In adenovirus type 12 transformed cells, the downregulation of MHC class I transcription contributes...

Nasal-type NK/T cell lymphoma of the orbit can occur.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nasal-type NK/T cell lymphoma of the orbit can occur and may progress/metastasize rapidly, even to the heart. "A case of a nasal-type NK/T cell lymphoma of the orbit with distant metastases is...

Evidence of efficacy of adenovirally delivered 4-1BBL provided.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Strong evidence supporting efficacy of adenovirally delivered 4-1BBL for genetic immunotherapy of cancer is provided. According to a study from Japan, "4-1BB ligand (4-1BBL), a member of the tumor...

A novel attenuated replication-competent adenovirus causes melanoma regression.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research published in the journal Gene Therapy, "to generate a replication-competent adenovirus (Ad) with specificity for melanoma, we constructed a tissue-specific promoter...

Experts applaud FDA approval of new screening option.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The following is a statement released by the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists and the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation: The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) and the Gynecologic Cancer...

Papilloma L2 facilitates infection by motifs reactive with host surface proteins.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HPV16 has different motifs in L2, on the virion surface, that are not required for binding but for facilitation of infection in the host by reacting with host surface proteins. According to a...

Papillomavirus E6 requires E6AP to form a complex to degrade p53.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human papillomavirus type 16 requires E6AP (a ubiquitin ligase) to complex with 16E6 and P53 to degrade P53. "E6 oncoproteins from human papillomavirus type 16 (16E6) and Bovine Papillomavirus...

Infection persists after clinical recovery in acute self-limited hepatitis B.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) often persists in the liver long after clinical recovery becomes apparent in patients with acute self-limited infections,...

Triple therapy regimens containing amantadine offer hope for HCV nonresponders.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Therapeutic regimens that add amantadine to conventional combination interferon and ribavirin therapy may be valuable for treating chronic hepatitis C...

No correlation found between HIV status and malaria-specific parameters.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to researchers in the United States, no correlation was found between HIV status and malaria-specific parameters among a small group of patients in Kinshasa. "Co-infection of human...

Study identifies common viral coinfections among African children with HIV-1.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study identifies common viral coinfections among African children infected HIV-1. "City-dwelling children from Kenya who were infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were tested...

Lung transplant recipients have more LIR-1 on lymphocytes very early in disease.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Measurement of LIR-1 receptor on human lymphocytes shows increases 2 weeks before DNA is detectable in blood. According to recent research from Sweden, "Human cytomegalovirus infection is a major...

Previously unknown epitope stimulates immune response to cytomegalovirus antigen.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A previously unknown epitope stimulated an immune response to a cytomegalovirus antigen. According to recent research from the United States, "Unlike the pp65 protein of human cytomegalovirus...

Azido-containing aryl beta-diketo acid HIV-1 integrase inhibitors described.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the National Istitutes of Health report the first use of azido-containing aryl beta-diketo acid HIV-1 integrase inhibitors. "Aryl beta-diketo acids (ADK) comprise a general class of...

Chemokine-modulatory drugs should be developed from studying viral repertoire.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The best molecules for selective blocking of inflammation or switching the type of T helper cell response may be found in viral repertoires. "The chemokine system, which controls leukocyte...

Structures of Cyanovirin-N complexes explain its unique binding capabilities.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists unravel the high-affinity interactions with the viral surface envelope glycoproteins of Cyanovirin-N complexes to explain its unique binding capabilities. According to recent research...

Role of predicted RNA secondary structures in Ebola virus replication analyzed.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have analyzed the role of predicted RNA secondary structures in Ebola virus replication. "Thermodynamic modeling of Ebola viral RNA predicts the formation of RNA stem-loop structures...

Transmembrane domains 1 and 2 of LMP1 interact with the lipid raft.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Different domains of EBV's LMP1 protein have different roles, but transmembranes 1 and 2 are required for lipid raft targeting and cytostasis. "The latent membrane protein 1 (LMP-1) oncoprotein of...

MALT lymphoma cells associated with Sjogren syndrome were beside infected cells.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A patient with Sjogren syndrome developed bilateral parotid lymphoma that was in close association with HHV8-infected salivary acinic cells. According to a study from Germany, "We describe the case...

FDA clinical trials of HIV rapid test completed.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Efoora, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Clinical Trials of its Efoora HIV Rapid Test, which were conducted in support of an application for clearance to market the Test...

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibits HBV replication via NF-kappa B activation.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibits HBV replication via NF-kappa B activation. "Chronic infection by hepatitis B virus results from an inability to clear the virus, which is associated with liver...

Combination therapy yields a better response in patients with HCV genotype 6.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Combination therapy yields a better response in patients with HCV genotype 6. "Because there is a lack of data on the treatment outcome of patients who carry hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 6, we...

The genotypes of HCV NS3 ATPases/helicases exhibit a variety of properties.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The genotypes of HCV NS3 ATPases/helicases exhibit a variety of properties. According to a study from the United States, "the NS3 ATPase/helicase was isolated and characterized from three different...

DNA polymerase processivity factor increases fidelity for polymerization.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 DNA polymerase processivity factor increases fidelity without altering pre-steady-state rate constants for polymerization or excision. According to a study from the...

Hemophagocytic syndrome could be the only clinical symptom.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hemophagocytic syndrome could be the only clinical symptom shown in Hodgkin disease. According to a study from Japan, "It is now well recognized that hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is occasionally...

Phase II study results of vaccine combination released.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Xenova Group plc (NASDAQ: XNVA; London Stock Exchange: XEN) has announced the results of an open label, physician-sponsored Phase II "prime-boost" study, targeting the treatment of human papillomavirus...

Dutch man believed first victim of bird flu outbreak.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Dutch veterinarian is believed to be the first human victim of an outbreak of bird flu devastating the poultry industry in the Netherlands, the Agriculture Ministry said. Bird flu, or avian...

Leucocytoclastic vasculitis reported after influenza vaccination.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators have described four cases of leucocytoclastic vasculitis associated with influenza vaccination. According to a study from Scotland, "Influenza vaccination is recommended for all...

Clonal proliferation occurs after cytomegalovirus infection; may be associated.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- T-cell large granular leukemia developed after a patient's cytomegalovirus infection, and thus may be causal. According to a study from Peoples R China, "Clonal proliferation of T-cell large...

UNICEF urges Angola to spend on health at launch of campaign.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As Angola launched a nationwide measles vaccination campaign in April to immunize 7 million children within a month, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) urged the government to support the...

CD8+ cells essential for clearance of measles virus infection in rhesus monkeys.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CD8+ lymphocytes are essential for the control and clearance of measles virus infection in rhesus monkeys. According to recent research published in the Journal of Virology, "The creation of an...

Infection results in immune response suppression to bacterial infection.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Measles virus infection results in suppression of innate and adaptive immune responses to secondary bacterial infection. According to recent research published in the Journal of Clinical...

Adeno-associated virus disseminates genes into the central nervous system.
May 13, 2003... 2003 MAY 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adeno-associated virus disseminates genes into the central nervous system. "We have used recombinant type 2 adeno-associated virus to deliver the gene encoding green fluorescent protein into the...