Virus Weekly articles from October 2000

Virus Weekly archives from October 2000

Pretreatment with Corticosteroids and Thymic Extract Studied in HBV Patients.(hepatitis B)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 -- (NewsRx.com) -- A new study reported by researchers in Poland suggests that immunocorrective pretreatment with corticosteroids and thymic extract enhances the immune mechanisms of chronic hepatitis B patients, thereby enabling...

Discovery of Armored Viruses May Inspire New Designs for Nanotechnology.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have discovered one type of virus that actually comes equipped with an armored coat made of interlocking rings of protein. The structure of this virus - remarkably similar to suits worn by medieval...

Combination Suppresses Viral Levels in Protease Inhibitor-Naive Patients.(Crixivan and ritonavir)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Preliminary study results showed Crixivan (indinavir sulfate) administered as an investigational twice-daily 800-mg dose with a low dose of ritonavir (100 mg) suppressed levels of HIV to below the limits of...

Data on Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Presented.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Tibotec, Mechelen, Belgium, presented positive results on one of its lead anti-HIV drugs, R165335-TMC125, at the 40th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held in Toronto,...

Higher RNA Cutoff Needed for HIV-1 Identification in Cerebrospinal Fluid.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from Sweden, higher HIV-1 RNA cutoff levels are necessary to positively identify HIV-1 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples. "HIV-1 can be isolated from the vast majority of blood samples...

Research Collaboration Expanded to Develop Artificial Skin Assays.(Genencor International Inc. expands collaboration with Xgene Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Genencor International, Inc. (GCOR), Palo Alto, California, announced that it has expanded its research collaboration with Xgene Corp. The companies began working together in May 1999 to develop human skin...

Agreement Signed to Distribute Diagnostic Test.(ZstatFlu to be distributed according to agreement between Dade Behring and ZymeTx Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Dade Behring, Deerfield, Illinois, and ZymeTx, Inc. (ZMTX), announced that they have signed an agreement for Dade Behring to distribute ZstatFlu. ZstatFlu is a rapid diagnostic test that detects both influenza A...

Virco Launches Online Physician Access to Its HIV Drug Service.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Virco, Cambridge, United Kingdom, announced the availability of online access to their HIV drug resistance tests via a new service named VircoTrack, reportedly the world's first pharmacogenomic service on the...

Environmentalists Say Pesticide Sprays are Harming People.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A woman who said she could barely speak after pesticide hit her face was among witnesses called by environmentalists who hoped to convince a judge to block New York City's all-out attack against the West Nile virus....

Hepatitis C Infection More of an Issue Now that HIV+ Patients are Living Longer.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV patients coinfected with the hepatitis C virus are now having to deal with resultant liver disease that, prior to improved anti-HIV drugs, most wouldn't have lived long enough to experience. According to a...

Epidemics Prompt Emergency Campaigns.(epidemics of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever in El Salvador)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Epidemics of dengue and its more serious form, dengue hemorrhagic fever, in El Salvador and other countries have prompted emergency campaigns to control the outbreaks, showing the fact that dengue is basically a...

Logging Companies Play Major Role in Emergence, Spread of New Diseases.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recent study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health that examined the factors causing humans to become infected by novel pathogens has found that the intersection of forest hunting and current...

Monoclonal Antibodies Bind Primary Isolate Virions.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Monoclonal antibodies that bind and neutralize primary isolate virions may help researchers find new targets for HIV vaccines. "Development of a broadly effective HIV- 1 vaccine has been severely limited...

Remune Addition Announced to Treat Primary HIV Infection.(Immune Response Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR), Carlsbad, California, announced that Remune (HIV-1 Immunogen), an investigational therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of HIV infection, will be tested as part of a clinical trial...

Scientists Reveal Possible New Target.(Tat-specific killer T-cell reponse)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 -- (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have shown for the first time, using a non-human primate model, that HIV avoids the body's strongest immune responses during the first few weeks of infection. The finding, which appeared in the...

Replication Mechanism is Distinctly Different in Genomic and Subgenomic RNA.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Contrary to conventional medical thought, RNA polymerase II (pol II) is not required for the synthesis of both hepatitis delta virus (HDV) genomic RNA and subgenomic mRNA. Study results that support this theory...

HPV16 Capsid Protein DNA Vaccine Induces Mucosal Immunity.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Poland and the United States collaborated on the development of a DNA-adenoviral recombinant vaccine regimen for the prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. "Infection by certain...

U.S. Insurance Company Announces Coverage of HPV Testing.(with Hybrid Capturer 2 HPV DNA test)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 -- (NewsRx.com) -- Digene Corp. (DIGE), Gaithersburg, Maryland, announced that Aetna U.S. Healthcare updated its coverage policy bulletin to include human papillomavirus (HPV) testing using the Hybrid Capturer 2 HPV DNA test. ...

BioHep B Vaccine Raises Sufficient Immune Response in Infants and Children.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 -- (NewsRx.com) -- Scientific collaborators at two research institutions recently reported their results of the use of BioHep B vaccine on newborns and children at an immunology conference that was held in Poznan, Poland. ...

CDC Releases U.S. Vaccine Coverage Statistics.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a report in the September 22, 2000, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, immunization coverage in the U.S. was greater than or equal to 90% for three doses of poliovirus vaccine, three doses of...

States Ready for Flu Vaccine Delay.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 -- (NewsRx.com) -- Health departments across the western U.S. say they will limit flu shots to high-risk people and take other steps to cope with an expected shortage of the vaccine this winter. The U.S. Centers for Disease...

Collaboration Will Develop PEGylated Natural Alpha Interferon to Treat Hepatitis C.(Valentis signs contract with Viragen Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 -- (NewsRx.com) -- Valentis (VLTS), Burlingame, California, announced that its subsidiary, PolyMASC Pharmaceuticals plc, has signed an agreement to collaborate with Viragen, Inc. (VRA) to develop a treatment for hepatitis C. The...

Twice-Daily Interferon Regimen Clears Viral RNA But Increases Toxic Effects.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Interferon therapy is a common method of treatment for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, some people respond better to interferon therapy than others based on their HCV subtype. Data from a study...

Optimal Immune Function Requires Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to researchers in the United Kingdom, optimal immune responses against HIV-1 infection require the help of virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). "Virus-specific CD8+ CTLs play a central role in...

Protective Immunity Induced by Engineered Avirulent Virus.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Japan have developed an avirulent virus that successfully induced protective immunity against simian immunodeficiency virus infection in a monkey model. "In AIDS vaccine strategies, live...

HIV and Herpesvirus Vaccines Based on Cloning Viral Envelope Proteins.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The same principle used to develop the first successful herpes vaccine was also used to develop a preventive HIV/AIDS vaccine currently in the final stage of clinical testing. Both vaccines were produced by...

WHO Issues Statement on Hypothesis that Experimental Polio Vaccine Was Origin of HIV.(World Health Organization)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The following was released by the World Health Organization on September 12, 2000: Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, there has been much speculation in both the scientific literature and in the popular...

Israel Declares Epidemic.(of West Nile virus infection)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Health authorities in Israel have declared West Nile virus infection an epidemic, saying the mosquito-borne illness has killed 13 people in Israel this summer and infected thousands more. The virus has existed...

United Nations Agency Campaign "Resounding Success".(United Nations health agency)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.N. health agency declared victory in the first phase of its anti-yellow fever campaign in Liberia. "The vaccination campaign is ending in Grand Cape Mount County and has been a resounding success," said...

Hepatitis C Infection More of an Issue Now that HIV(+) Patients are Living Longer.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV patients coinfected with the hepatitis C virus are now having to deal with resultant liver disease that, prior to improved anti-HIV drugs, most wouldn't have lived long enough to experience. According...

[2] Pretreatment with Corticosteroids and Thymic Extract Studied in HBV Patients.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study reported by researchers in Poland suggests that immunocorrective pretreatment with corticosteroids and thymic extract enhances the immune mechanisms of chronic hepatitis B patients, thereby...

[2] Discovery of Armored Viruses May Inspire New Designs for Nanotechnology.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have discovered one type of virus that actually comes equipped with an armored coat made of interlocking rings of protein. The structure of this virus - remarkably similar to suits worn by...

[2] Combination Suppresses Viral Levels in Protease Inhibitor-Naive Patients.(Crixivan and ritonavir)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Preliminary study results showed Crixivan (indinavir sulfate) administered as an investigational twice-daily 800-mg dose with a low dose of ritonavir (100 mg) suppressed levels of HIV to below the limits of...

[2] Data on Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Presented.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Tibotec, Mechelen, Belgium, presented positive results on one of its lead anti-HIV drugs, R165335-TMC125, at the 40th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held in Toronto,...

[2] Higher RNA Cutoff Needed for HIV-1 Identification in Cerebrospinal Fluid.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from Sweden, higher HIV-1 RNA cutoff levels are necessary to positively identify HIV-1 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples. "HIV-1 can be isolated from the vast majority of blood...

[2] Research Collaboration Expanded to Develop Artificial Skin Assays.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Genencor International, Inc. (GCOR), Palo Alto, California, announced that it has expanded its research collaboration with Xgene Corp. The companies began working together in May 1999 to develop human...

[2] Agreement Signed to Distribute Diagnostic Test.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Dade Behring, Deerfield, Illinois, and ZymeTx, Inc. (ZMTX), announced that they have signed an agreement for Dade Behring to distribute ZstatFlu. ZstatFlu is a rapid diagnostic test that detects both...

[2] Virco Launches Online Physician Access to Its HIV Drug Service.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Virco, Cambridge, United Kingdom, announced the availability of online access to their HIV drug resistance tests via a new service named VircoTrack, reportedly the world's first pharmacogenomic service on the...

[2] Environmentalists Say Pesticide Sprays are Harming People.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A woman who said she could barely speak after pesticide hit her face was among witnesses called by environmentalists who hoped to convince a judge to block New York City's all-out attack against the West Nile...

[2] Epidemics Prompt Emergency Campaigns.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Epidemics of dengue and its more serious form, dengue hemorrhagic fever, in El Salvador and other countries have prompted emergency campaigns to control the outbreaks, showing the fact that dengue is basically...

[2] Logging Companies Play Major Role in Emergence, Spread of New Diseases.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recent study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health that examined the factors causing humans to become infected by novel pathogens has found that the intersection of forest hunting and...

[2] Monoclonal Antibodies Bind Primary Isolate Virions.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Monoclonal antibodies that bind and neutralize primary isolate virions may help researchers find new targets for HIV vaccines. "Development of a broadly effective HIV-1 vaccine has been severely limited...

Remune Addition Announced to Treat Primary HIV Infection.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR), Carlsbad, California, announced that Remune (HIV-1 Immunogen), an investigational therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of HIV infection, will be tested as part of a clinical...

[2] Scientists Reveal Possible New Target.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have shown for the first time, using a non-human primate model, that HIV avoids the body's strongest immune responses during the first few weeks of infection. The finding, which appeared in the...

[2] Replication Mechanism is Distinctly Different in Genomic and Subgenomic RNA.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Contrary to conventional medical thought, RNA polymerase II (pol II) is not required for the synthesis of both hepatitis delta virus (HDV) genomic RNA and subgenomic mRNA. Study results that support this...

[2] HPV16 Capsid Protein DNA Vaccine Induces Mucosal Immunity.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Poland and the United States collaborated on the development of a DNA-adenoviral recombinant vaccine regimen for the prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. "Infection by certain...

[2] U.S. Insurance Company Announces Coverage of HPV Testing.(Digene Corp.)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Digene Corp. (DIGE), Gaithersburg, Maryland, announced that Aetna U.S. Healthcare updated its coverage policy bulletin to include human papillomavirus (HPV) testing using the Hybrid Capturer 2 HPV DNA test. ...

[2] BioHep B Vaccine Raises Sufficient Immune Response in Infants and Children.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientific collaborators at two research institutions recently reported their results of the use of BioHep B vaccine on newborns and children at an immunology conference that was held in Poznan, Poland. ...

[2] CDC Releases U.S. Vaccine Coverage Statistics.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a report in the September 22, 2000, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, immunization coverage in the U.S. was greater than or equal to 90% for three doses of poliovirus vaccine, three doses of...

[2] States Ready for Flu Vaccine Delay.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Health departments across the western U.S. say they will limit flu shots to high-risk people and take other steps to cope with an expected shortage of the vaccine this winter. The U.S. Centers for Disease...

[2] Collaboration Will Develop PEGylated Natural Alpha Interferon to Treat Hepatitis C.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Valentis (VLTS), Burlingame, California, announced that its subsidiary, PolyMASC Pharmaceuticals plc, has signed an agreement to collaborate with Viragen, Inc. (VRA) to develop a treatment for hepatitis C. ...

[2] Twice-Daily Interferon Regimen Clears Viral RNA But Increases Toxic Effects.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Interferon therapy is a common method of treatment for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, some people respond better to interferon therapy than others based on their HCV subtype. Data from a...

[2] Optimal Immune Function Requires Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to researchers in the United Kingdom, optimal immune responses against HIV-1 infection require the help of virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). "Virus-specific CD8(+) CTLs play a central...

[2] Protective Immunity Induced by Engineered Avirulent Virus.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Japan have developed an avirulent virus that successfully induced protective immunity against simian immunodeficiency virus infection in a monkey model. "In AIDS vaccine strategies, live...

HIV and Herpesvirus Vaccines Based on Cloning Viral Envelope Proteins.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The same principle used to develop the first successful herpes vaccine was also used to develop a preventive HIV/AIDS vaccine currently in the final stage of clinical testing. Both vaccines were produced...

WHO Issues Statement on Hypothesis that Experimental Polio Vaccine Was Origin of HIV.
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The following was released by the World Health Organization on September 12, 2000: [helv] Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, there has been much speculation in both the scientific literature and in...

[2] Israel Declares Epidemic.(West Nile virus)
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Health authorities in Israel have declared West Nile virus infection an epidemic, saying the mosquito-borne illness has killed 13 people in Israel this summer and infected thousands more. The virus has...

[2] United Nations Agency Campaign "Resounding Success".
October 3, 2000... 2000 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.N. health agency declared victory in the first phase of its anti-yellow fever campaign in Liberia. "The vaccination campaign is ending in Grand Cape Mount County and has been a resounding success,"...

Link Between Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis Studied.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire have received a grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how viruses are...

Similarities Characterize Strains Detected in South American Virus Isolates.(Laguna Negra and Andes viruses)
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) can be linked to two major types of viruses in South America: the Laguna Negra (LN) virus and the Andes (AND) virus. More than 400 individuals have been identified with...

Researchers to Determine if Anti-Inflammatories are Useful for AIDS Dementia, Alzheimer's.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- There's a marker found in the blood of patients with both Alzheimer's disease and AIDS dementia, and recent research shows it's an inflammatory marker. This raises the question of whether...

Acyclovir Combined with Steroids Restores Sudden Hearing Loss Due to Viral Infection.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Inflammation of the labyrinth (the internal ear) is the most common cause assigned to sudden sensorineural hearing loss. No treatment for this disorder has been universally accepted. Two...

Experts Decide Content of 2001 "Southern Hemisphere" Vaccine.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- The composition of the vaccine for year 2001 (southern hemisphere influenza season) has been decided and communicated to vaccine manufacturers by the World Health Organization (WHO), following agreement on...

Antiretroviral Therapy Reduces Cytomegalovirus in HIV-1 Patients.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Antiretroviral therapy appears to reduce the number of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infected cells in HIV-1 infected patients. "Visualization of antigen-specific T cells has become an important tool in studying...

Antiviral and Anti-Inflammatory Experimental Drug Licensed.(CNI-1493)
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cytokine PharmaSciences, Inc. (CPSI) and Axxima(R) Pharmaceuticals AG announced that CPSI has granted Axxima exclusive rights to its experimental drug, CNI-1493, in the field of infectious diseases. This...

SangStat Receives NIH Grant for Study of RDP58 in Primate Model of HIV Infection.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- SangStat, The Transplant Company(R) (SANG), announced that it has been awarded a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research grant to study the effect of RDP58 therapy in simian...

Vaccine to Protect Against Two Cancer-Causing Strains of HPV Under Study.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- A vaccine against two strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) most associated with cervical cancer is under study at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta. Infection with the easily transmittable HPV is...

Virus Confirmed in Two Crows in Pennsylvania.(West Nile virus)
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Pennsylvania's secretary of health Robert S. Zimmerman, Jr., confirmed the West Nile virus infection has been found in two crows in southeastern Pennsylvania. Previously, all tests for West Nile virus in...

Researchers Battle Drug-Resistant HIV on Promising New Ground.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers believe they have found a promising new battleground for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS: a portion of the virus that is unaffected by its myriad mutations. The findings were described in the...

Enteroviral Assay Saves Hospital Costs When Prevalence is Above Breakeven Point.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Two Harvard University researchers propose that by using a diagnostic strategy that incorporates enteroviral polymerase chain reaction (ePCR) testing on infants admitted to hospitals with elevated fevers and...

TT Virus Infections Highly Prevalent in Transfused Pediatric Patients.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Pediatric patients in Japan who receive blood transfusions due to malignancies or other disorders requiring transfusions stand a relatively high risk for acquiring TT virus infection, according to a study in...

North Carolina Finds Virus in Sentinel Chicken.(equine encephalitis)
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Brunswick County, North Carolina, officials have boosted mosquito control efforts after confirming that a sentinel chicken tested positive for potentially deadly eastern equine encephalitis. Since...

NIH Grant Awarded to Study HIV Pathogenesis, Latency, and Prevention.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research, Baltimore, Maryland, will receive more than $7.3 million in U.S. government money over five years to study the disease that has killed more than 16 million people...

HIV-1 Immunogen Stimulates HIV Specific Responses.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Treatment with an HIV-1 immunogen resulted in cell-mediated immune responses in HIV infected patients. "We hypothesized that an HIV-1 immunogen (whole-killed gp120-depleted HIV-1 in IFA, Remune), which...

San Luis Valley, Colorado, Man Treated at New Mexico Hospital.(for hantavirus infection)
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Colorado state health officials were trying to determine how a man from the San Luis Valley contracted a hantavirus infection. The 50-year-old man from the Mosca area was in critical but stable condition...

Cost-Benefit of Flu Shots for Healthy Working Adults Questioned.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Giving influenza shots to healthy working adults who are less than 65 years of age can reduce rates of illness and work absenteeism, but may not be cost-beneficial overall, according to a new study published...

Infants Immunized Against Hepatitis B at Birth Receive Most Vaccine Doses.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- U.S. government researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that infants who receive their first dose of hepatitis B vaccine shortly after being born are more likely to receive...

Improper Blood Port Cleaning Places Dialysis Patients at Risk for Hepatitis C.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Staffers in the Department of Pathology at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center in Florida report that despite recent emphasis on the importance of cleaning medical equipment that may have been in contact with...

Hepatitis B DNA Quantification Panel Release Announced.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- AcroMetrix Corp., Berkeley, California, announced the release of their hepatitis B virus (HBV) nucleic acid panel for use in blood screening and medical diagnostic laboratories worldwide. As with their...

Asia Pacific Guidelines Endorse Zeffix as a Key Treatment Option for Hepatitis B.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- BioChem Pharma Inc. (BCHE; BCH) announced that new guidelines drawn up by the Asia Pacific Consensus Group on the Prevention and Management of Chronic Hepatitis B and C, in association with the Journal of...

Drug Target Discovered for Hepatitis B.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc. (MYGN), Salt Lake City, Utah, announced that it has discovered a drug target for the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The target was discovered using Myriad's ProNet...

Ribozyme Product Data Show Potent Antiviral Effects.
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RPI) (RZYM), Boulder, Colorado, presented cell culture data at the 4th Shanghai International Symposium on Liver Cancer and Hepatitis (Hepa 2000), held in Shanghai, China,...

Maryland Officials Urge Calm.(West Nile virus mosquito eradication)
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Mosquito control trucks sprayed insecticide over two square miles of downtown Baltimore, Maryland, streets early on September 27, 2000, in an effort to eradicate mosquitoes that could carry the West Nile...

New Jersey Man is First U.S. Victim This Year.(West Nile virus)
October 17, 2000... 2000 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- The West Nile virus has claimed its first victim in the United States this year, causing the death of an 82-year-old New Jersey man. He died on September 14, 11 days after he became ill. Officials said...