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... is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox, according to background information in the article. The virus lays dormant in the nervous system for decades after infection with chickenpox. When it becomes rea......for possible drug components against the avian flu virus H5N1. The analysis used a computing Grid, a new ne...t is viral neuraminidase, an enzyme that helps the virus to proliferate and infect more cells. As this protein is known to evolve into variants if it comes u...H5N1 threat puts human flu back in spotlight
The emergence of the avian influenza virus H5N1 that is currently devastating chicken flocks ... reflects the threat that H5N1 could evolve into a virus that spreads easily among humans. Over the years, influenza A viruses have been one of the most impo...The hunt for a hepatitis C vaccine is under way at Saint Louis University School of Medicine
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...o-workers or others about being diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS. It was published in the April issue of the journal AIDS Education and Prevention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 1 million people in the nation were living with AIDS or HIV by the end of 2003...International study investigates early biology of HIV infection
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...ne could protect humans against an H5N1 "bird flu" virus that mutates so that it adapts to humans and can r...tection against several strains of human influenza virus as well as the H5N1 "bird flu" strain. "Such cross-protection against bird and human influenza is c...Launch of the Lancet Asia Medical Forum
... transmission Clinical manifestations of the H5N1 virus Development of vaccines against pandemic influenza Identifying the gaps in pandemic preparation John McConnell, Editor of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, states: "The gathering of distinguished speakers and delegates in Singapore represents an un......l PLoS Medicine. Sometimes a new type of influeza virus appears that causes an illness that is more seriou...t the new type of bird (avian) flu. At present the virus responsible does not pass easily from birds to humans, and it does not seem to pass from one human t...Liver transplants can be successful in HIV patients with Hepatitis B
...new study on HIV patients who also had Hepatitis B virus (HBV) found that better outcomes are possible if they are referred early for transplant and treated with a combination of drugs for HBV. It is essential to monitor the HBV status of these patients, however, in order to control the emergence of drug-r...Vaccine given post-exposure protects monkeys against deadly Marburg virus
...re is no effective way to prevent or treat Marburg virus after someone is infected, but new research appear...rom an attenuated recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV) and administered to five rhesus macaques 20 to 30 minutes after exposure to a high dose of Ma...How should countries best respond to a flu pandemic?
...ven if the vaccine wasn't perfectly matched to the virus which emerges. A vaccine stockpile sufficient to vaccinate 20 percent of the population could reduce case numbers by a third if children were vaccinated within a few weeks of the start of a pandemic. Combining pre-vaccination with household prophylax...Vaccine could be effective after exposure to Marburg virus
...hursday April 27, 2006) by The Lancet. The Marburg virus was first detected in 1967. Like the Ebola virus, ...cks. Currently, no effective drugs against Marburg virus exist, and treatment of the symptoms of the disease is rarely effective. Researchers at the Public ...Study first to show potential of light-activated gene therapy for knee injuries
...as well as effective. Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) turned out to be the right vector because i...hwarz said. Lastly, rAAV appears to be the kind of virus that makes changes in the DNA of human cells for a few weeks, but then stops. This happens to be the...New hybrid virus provides targeted molecular imaging of cancer
...n Cancer Center have created a new class of hybrid virus and demonstrated its ability to find, highlight, a.... "In tumor-bearing mice, we show that this hybrid virus can target tumors systemically to deliver an imaging or therapeutic gene," says the co-leader of the...Inconsistencies in pandemic flu preparedness between European countries
...ith the ongoing spread of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in birds, and the impending threat of a pandemic, European nations need to work together to adequately prepare for the onset of such a pandemic.' The LSHTM researchers reviewed the preparedness initiatives of all 25 European Union member states, as w...Molecular imaging may lead to earlier diagnosis of childhood respiratory virus
...vasive and potentially fatal childhood respiratory virus known to medicine -- respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).The technique is yielding insight on viruses such as RSV, human influenza, hepatitis C, West ...Chemical guidance of T cells leads to immunologic memory and long-term immunity
...which recognizes only specific antigens (pieces of virus or bacteria that trigger the immune response). During an infection, CD8+ T cells that recognize antigens from the infecting pathogen are activated. These antigen-specific CD8+ T cells expand into a large population of active clones, which then sweep ...Combination of interventions can substantially reduce incidence of malaria in people with HIV
...on in HIV- infected adults. ART is linked with HIV virus suppression and decreased mortality in HIV-infected people. Previous studies have shown that preventive treatment with the antibiotic co-trimoxazole can reduce the incidence of malaria in people with HIV, and insecticide-treated bed nets are known to...