Measles infection and and two or more younger siblings seem to protect against asthma
...e allergic responses and evidence of antibodies to hepatitis A, toxoplasmosis, and Helicobacter pylori, a bacte...with wheeze were more likely to have antibodies to hepatitis A and Helicobacter pylori. But antibody positivity was no associated with either the development of ...Explaining the persistence of Hepatitis C
...xplain the long-term viral persistence that makes hepatitis C intractable, this group has now screened for lym...o developing immune or other therapies for chronic hepatitis C....Researchers discover new mechanism of drug that alters genetic makeup of viruses
...uch viruses, a family that includes poliovirus and hepatitis C, use RNA as both their core genetic material and...ress other RNA viruses. Along with poliovirus and hepatitis C, members of the RNA virus family include: rhinovirus, the common cold; coxsackie virus, summer flu...Researchers identify key to genetic replication in hepatitis C virus
...ified mutations in a protein of certain strains of hepatitis C virus (HCV) that allow these strains to replicat...lls suitable for study. Researchers know that hepatitis C has genetic variations that result in different structures of the viral proteins, but they do not ...One of the few drugs available to treat hepatitis C has been shown to kill viruses by generating a f...ersions of the drug to cure a larger proportion of hepatitis C patients. That ribavirin destroys viruses by generating excess mutations comes as a big surpris...Sea grant study indicates potentially harmful human viruses in coastal waters
... a larger group of enteric viruses, which includes hepatitis A. When ingested, enteric viruses may attack the gastrointestinal track or the respiratory system, sometimes fatally. More typically, infection causes sore throat, diarrhea, fever and nausea. There are more than 100 viruses found in human waste that ...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: March 2001
...experimentally infected with a human strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) develop the disease, suggesting that...ogy. HEV is the leading cause of non-A, non-B hepatitis in developing countries and is not believed to be endemic in the United States, but sporadic cases h...Tipsheet: April journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... currently being tested as a treatment for chronic hepatitis C. (J. Iwahashi, K. Tsuji, T. Ishibashi, J. Kajiwara, Y. Imamura, R. Mori, K. Hara, T Kashiwagi, Y. Ohtsu, N. Hamada, H. Maeda, M. Toyoda, and T. Toyoda. 2001. Isolation of amantadine-resistant influenza A viruses (H3N2) from patients following adm...New spinoff company uses novel method to target drugs
... those drugs against cancer and viruses, including hepatitis and HIV/AIDS. The combinations often mean that che...er, using a similar technique to target two of the hepatitis viruses, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. He said Greg Kucera was working on combining the new phosph...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: August 2001
... Four women in Italy appear to have contracted the hepatitis C virus (HCV) while undergoing gynecological surgi...M. Clementi and A. Manzin. 2001. Transmission of hepatitis C virus in a gynecological surgery setting. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 39: 2860-2863.)...Alcohol researchers show 'friendly' virus slows HIV cell growth
...explored relationships among alcohol, seronegative hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, GBV-C infection, and live...ection among all HIV patients. Originally known as hepatitis G, GBV-C also infects about 15 percent of patients with hepatitis C. Unlike hepatitis C, however, GB...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: September 2001
...eports, mosquitoes may not be able to transmit the hepatitis C virus (HCV), say researchers from two universiti...e, P.-N. Cheng and, H.-L. Wu. 2001. Existence of hepatitis C virus in Culex quinquefasciatus after ingestion of infected blood: Experimental approach to evalu...Science features Fox Chase Cancer Center findings on promotion of organ growth
...the liver is a target for chronic diseases such as hepatitis and for the spread of many cancers, this ongoing research has the potential for a significant impact on combating disease. For example, more than 18,300 people in this country are awaiting a liver transplant, including many who have been on the wait......dividuals who are pregnant or nursing, or who have hepatitis C or hepatitis B infection are not eligible for the study. Study participants will visit UC Davis Medical Center 1...Hepatitis E recovered from rats in Los Angeles
...es of Health have recovered a virus similar to the hepatitis E virus (HEV) from rats in Los Angeles, California... HEV infection is one of the most common causes of hepatitis in central Asia. Unlike some other forms of hepatitis, like hepatitis B and C, HEV infection is sel......reatment of patients chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The results from clinical trials c...eron in previously untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C. In this open-label study patients were treated for 3-12 months. All major HCV genotypes were pr...Supplement reduces risk of aflatoxin-related liver cancer
... cancer as control groups, and people who have had hepatitis have seven times the risk. People who have had both hepatitis and continued exposure to dietary aflatoxin have 60 times the normal rate of liver cancer. There is...Packard, Stanford researchers uncover gene family critical to asthma development
... we found that the gene we homed in on encoded the hepatitis A receptor gene." Infection with hepatitis A protects against asthma for reasons that have not been well understood. The newly discovered link ...Human genome sequence yields new tool for microbe-hunting
...yerson's team found DNA from such organisms as the hepatitis B and C viruses, human papillomavirus, cytomegalovirus, Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus, and Epstein-Barr virus. To test whether the subtraction method worked on a sample in which the infecting agent was known, the investigators tried it in a human tiss...Race influences outcome of liver transplants, according to Hopkins study
...ians are influenced by the number of patients with hepatitis B, the cause for low survival in African Americans remains unclear. What is clear, says Thuluvath, is that more studies need to be done to determine why African Americans are faring less well than other races. "Until then, the reasons for poor surv...