... performed in the last decade in Greece has com-
pared clinical and environmental HAV strains [10].
TheaimofthepresentstudywastocorrelateHAV
isolates from clinical an d environmental samples by
applying ... cities
of Patras and Alexandroupolis. Clinical HAV strains
were collected during a major HAV outbreak among
patients with acute hepatitis, from the hospitals...
... His research focus includes molecular
biology and immunology of viral hepatitis B and C as well
as basic and clinical aspects of gastrointestinal
malignancies, especially hepatocellular and colorectal ... HJr., Morgan TR, Balan V, Diago M, et al.
Peginterferon-alpha 2a and ribavirin combination therapy in chronic
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the full-length genome of a hepatitis E virus isolate obtained from a wild boar in Japan that
is classifiable ... T, Sakamoto H,
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nationwide survey of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in wild...
... Correspondence: yijianzhong@yahoo.com
Institute of Animal Husbandry Veterinary Sciences, Shanghai Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, 2901 Beidi Road, Shanghai 201106, PR China
Yi and Liu Virology Journal 2010, ... the manuscript. CQ carried out the immunoassays
and participated in the sequence alignment. JZ participated in the design of
the study and performed the statistical a...
... MI
helped AA in molecular genotyping assays and gave a critical view of
manuscript writing and participated in data analysis. All the authors read
and approved the final manuscript.
Competing interests
The ... in its design and coordination and
gave a critical view of manuscript writing. AA collected epidemiological
data, performed genotype analysis and analyzed the...
... date. Currently available vaccines induce antibodies
against seasonal and closely related antigenic viral
strains, but do not protect against antibody-escape var-
iants of seasonal or novel influenza ... is highly conserved in all human
influenza A strains. It is therefore an attractive target
for preparation of a universal influenza A va ccine. In
contrast to hemagglutinin a...
... scintillant (Amersham). Each value is an
average of four independent colonies and the assays were
performed in triplicate.
b-Galactosidase assay
b-Galactosidase activity was assayed in cell extracts as
described ... that Gal4p activity is
controlled by two independent signal transduction path-
ways: a Gal3p–galactose pathway and the holoenzyme
associated cyclin dependent Srb10p ki...
... to invoke the spatial separation of populations
as the only significant underlying cause of clear ly struc-
tured sub-populations co-circulating in Africa (Af-Med
and eAf-CA S) and Asia (S-AL, ... JP, Aveling TA, Thompson G, Fauquet CM: Molecular
biodiversity of cassava begomoviruses in Tanzania: evolution of cassava
geminiviruses in Africa and evidence for East Africa bei...
... a serine protease, an RNA-dependent
RNA polymerase, and a structural protein, respectively
[1,2]. AstVs are known to infect humans as well as a
variety of mammalian and avian species [3-5]. In
humans, ... 142:1323-1334.
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Silva LD, Mascarenhas JD, Oliveira CS, Monteiro TA, Leite JP: Prevalence of
huma...
... evolutionary tree,
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biodiversity of cassava begomoviruses in Tanzania: evolution of cassava
geminiviruses in Africa and evidence for East Africa being a center of
diversity...