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Influenza B Virus Encephalitis
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
April 1999; p ublished online April 1999 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 0 words.
Acute encephalitis and postinfectious encephalopathy have been reported infrequently in association with influenza A and B virus infections. We report herein a case of a 6-year-old girl...
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Dual Respiratory Virus Infections
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
December 1997; p ublished online December 1997 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 0 words.
We retrospectively reviewed eight prospective epidemiological studies conducted between 1991 and 1995 for dual respiratory virus infection (DRVI) to determine the frequency, associated...
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Reciprocal Interactions Between Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infections
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
November 1996; p ublished online November 1996 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 0 words.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) share the same routes of transmission, which explains the high rate of HCV and HIV coinfection (∽9%). HIV/HCV...
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GB Virus C/Hepatitis G Virus Infection in Southern China
in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
January 1997; p ublished online January 1997 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 0 words.
The prevalence of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) infection among intravenous drug users (IVDUs), patients with liver diseases, and blood donors in Nanning, southern China was...
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Hepatitis C Virus/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection: Clinical Management Issues
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
July 2000; p ublished online July 2000 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 6312 words.
The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has extended the healthy lifespan of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); deaths among people with AIDS...
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Incident Hepatitis C Virus in Women with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
November 2003; p ublished online November 2003 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 4190 words.
Individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are frequently coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Acute HCV infection is often asymptomatic and poorly...
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BK Virus: A Clinical Review
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
July 2001; p ublished online July 2001 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 9944 words.
We present a review of the clinically oriented literature about BK virus, a relative of JC virus, which is the etiologic agent of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). The...
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Sapporo Virus: History and Recent Findings
in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
May 2000; p ublished online May 2000 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 3479 words.
Morphologically distinct caliciviruses of human origin were first found in stools of children with gastroenteritis in 1976. Sapporo virus, or human calicivirus Sapporo, with typical surface...
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Thermal Stability of Hepatitis E Virus
in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
September 2005; p ublished online September 2005 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 2117 words.
The thermal stability of virulent hepatitis E virus (HEV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) was compared. Fecal suspensions of virus were heated to temperatures between 45°C and 70°C, and...
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Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Is Related to Virus Strain
in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
April 1997; p ublished online April 1997 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 0 words.
The relationship between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) strain and disease severity was assessed in 265 hospitalized infants over a 3-year period (1988–1991). A severity index of...
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Virus and Antibody Dynamics in Travelers With Acute Zika Virus Infection
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
April 2018; p ublished online December 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 4475 words.
Abstract
Background
To improve our understanding of the natural history of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in humans,...
Virus and Antibody Dynamics in Acute West Nile Virus Infection
in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
October 2008; p ublished online October 2008 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 5024 words.
Background . The dynamics of the early stages of West Nile virus (WNV) infection can be assessed by follow-up studies of viremic blood donors.
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Viruses Associated With Pneumonia in Adults
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
July 2012; p ublished online March 2012 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 4338 words.
Viral pneumonia, which is typically associated with disease in childhood, is increasingly recognized as causing problems in adults. Certain viruses, such as influenza virus, can attack...
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Dengue Virus Evolution and Virulence Models
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
June 2007; p ublished online June 2007 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 3693 words.
Dengue virus transmission has increased dramatically in the past 2 decades, making this virus one of the most important mosquito-borne human pathogens. The emergence of dengue hemorrhagic...
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Rhabdomyolysis Associated with Dengue Virus Infection
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
May 2004; p ublished online May 2004 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 1661 words.
We describe 2 patients who developed rhabdomyolysis due to dengue virus infection. The first patient recovered with no sequelae, but the second developed multiple organ failure and died....
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Interactions between Viruses in Transplant Recipients
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
February 2005; p ublished online February 2005 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 5285 words.
Viral coinfections may modulate disease expression, enhance pathogenicity, and lead to greater cumulative immunosuppression in the host. The pathophysiological basis of these may be direct...
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Lectin Switching During Dengue Virus Infection
in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
June 2011; p ublished online June 2011 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 4750 words.
Dengue virus receptors are relatively poorly characterized, but there has been recent interest in 2 C-type lectin molecules, dendritic cell–specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3...
Asymptomatic Summertime Shedding of Respiratory Viruses
in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
March 2018; p ublished online January 2018 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 2711 words.
Abstract
To determine rates of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infection among ambulatory adults, we collected nasopharyngeal swab specimens, demographic...
Nipah Virus Encephalitis Outbreak in Malaysia
in Clinical Infectious Diseases
May 2002; p ublished online May 2002 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 2108 words.
Emerging infectious diseases involving zoonosis have become important global health problems. The 1998 outbreak of severe febrile encephalitis among pig farmers in Malaysia caused by a...
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Andes Virus Infection of Cynomolgus Macaques
in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
December 2002; p ublished online December 2002 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Public Health and Epidemiology; Microbiology. 5241 words.
Andes virus (ANDV), a member of the genus Hantavirus is a causative agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and is the only hantavirus known to be transmissible from person to person....
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