Issue 1/2004
Content (63 Articles)
Stampidine prevents mortality in an experimental mouse model of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by lassa virus
Fatih M Uckun, Alexander S Petkevich, Alexei O Vassilev, Heather E Tibbles, Leonid Titov
Common variable immunodeficiency syndrome with right aortic arch: a case report
Arzu Didem Yalcin, Nese Aydemir, Huseyin Turgut, Riza Hakan Erbay, Ata Nevzat Yalcin
Date of origin of the SARS coronavirus strains
Hongchao Lu, Yi Zhao, Jingfen Zhang, Yuelan Wang, Wei Li, Xiaopeng Zhu, Shiwei Sun, Jingyi Xu, Lunjiang Ling, Lun Cai, Dongbo Bu, Runsheng Chen
The presence of non-organ-specific autoantibodies is associated with a negative response to combination therapy with interferon and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C
Hermann E Wasmuth, Christian Stolte, Andreas Geier, Christoph G Dietrich, Carsten Gartung, Johann Lorenzen, Siegfried Matern, Frank Lammert
Association of Atopobium vaginae, a recently described metronidazole resistant anaerobe, with bacterial vaginosis
Michael J Ferris, Alicia Masztal, Kenneth E Aldridge, J Dennis Fortenberry, Paul L Fidel Jr, David H Martin
Nucleic acid amplification tests in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Madhukar Pai, Laura L Flores, Alan Hubbard, Lee W Riley, John M Colford Jr
Exacerbated inflammatory cellular immune response characteristics of HAM/TSP is observed in a large proportion of HTLV-I asymptomatic carriers
Silvane Braga Santos, Aurélia Fonseca Porto, André Luiz Muniz, Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus, Elza Magalhães, Ailton Melo, Walderez O Dutra, Kenneth J Gollob, Edgar M Carvalho
Microdissection: A method developed to investigate mechanisms involved in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy pathogenesis
Janice B Barr, Robert A Somerville, Yuen-Li Chung, Janet R Fraser
Assessing anti-rabies baiting – what happens on the ground?
Hans-Hermann Thulke, Thomas Selhorst, Thomas Müller, Tomasz Wyszomirski, Uli Müller, Urs Breitenmoser
Seroepidemiology of Herpes Simplex virus type 1 and 2 in Western and Southern Switzerland in adults aged 25–74 in 1992–93 : a population-based study
Dominique Bünzli, Vincent Wietlisbach, Fabrizio Barazzoni, Roland Sahli, Pascal RA Meylan
Incorrect identification of recent Asian strains of Coxsackievirus A16 as human enterovirus 71: Improved primers for the specific detection of human enterovirus 71 by RT PCR
David Perera, Yuwana Podin, Winnie Akin, Cheng-Siang Tan, Mary Jane Cardosa
Antimicrobial activity of innate immune molecules against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
Haa-Yung Lee, Ali Andalibi, Paul Webster, Sung-Kyun Moon, Karen Teufert, Sung-Ho Kang, Jian-Dong Li, Mitsuyoshi Nagura, Tomas Ganz, David J Lim
Micro-geographical variation in exposure to Schistosoma mansoni and malaria, and exacerbation of splenomegaly in Kenyan school-aged children
Mark Booth, Birgitte J Vennervald, LeeCarol Kenty, Anthony E Butterworth, Henry C Kariuki, Hilda Kadzo, Edmund Ireri, Clifford Amaganga, Gachuhi Kimani, Joseph K Mwatha, Amos Otedo, John H Ouma, Eric Muchiri, David W Dunne
Erratum to: Stampidine prevents mortality in an experimental mouse model of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by lassa virus
Fatih M Uckun, Alexander S Petkevich, Alexei O Vassilev, Heather E Tibbles, Leonid Titov
Fast detection of Noroviruses using a real-time PCR assay and automated sample preparation
Michael Schmid, Rainer Oehme, Gunnar Schalasta, Stefan Brockmann, Peter Kimmig, Gisela Enders
Serratia marcescens internalization and replication in human bladder epithelial cells
Ralf Hertle, Heinz Schwarz
Implementing a public web based GIS service for feedback of surveillance data on communicable diseases in Sweden
Per Rolfhamre, Katarzyna Grabowska, Karl Ekdahl
Ofloxacin plus Rifampicin versus Doxycycline plus Rifampicin in the treatment of brucellosis: a randomized clinical trial [ISRCTN11871179]
Oguz Karabay, Irfan Sencan, Derya Kayas, Idris Şahin
A study of empyema thoracis and role of intrapleural streptokinase in its management
Amit Banga, GC Khilnani, SK Sharma, AB Dey, Naveet Wig, Namrata Banga
Visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum in a Spanish patient in Argentina: What is the origin of the infection? Case report
Joaquina Martín-Sánchez, José M Navarro-Mari, Juan Pasquau-Liaño, Oscar D Salomón, Francisco Morillas-Márquez
Serotype-specific mortality from invasive Streptococcus pneumoniaedisease revisited
Pernille Martens, Signe Westring Worm, Bettina Lundgren, Helle Bossen Konradsen, Thomas Benfield
Chronological changes of incidence and prognosis of children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Sapporo, Japan
Kei Numazaki, Tomoko Fujikawa
Caveolin-2 associates with intracellular chlamydial inclusions independently of caveolin-1
Wilmore C Webley, Leonard C Norkin, Elizabeth S Stuart
Meningitis due to Fusobacterium necrophorumin an adult
SreeNeelima Garimella, Aparna Inaparthy, Thomas Herchline
Epidemiology of the human immunodeficiency virus in Saudi Arabia; 18-year surveillance results and prevention from an Islamic perspective
Tariq A Madani, Yagob Y Al-Mazrou, Mohammad H Al-Jeffri, Naser S Al Huzaim
Epidemiological evidence of higher susceptibility to vCJD in the young
Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Jean-Yves Cesbron, Alain-Jacques Valleron
Patterns of geohelminth infection, impact of albendazole treatment and re-infection after treatment in schoolchildren from rural KwaZulu-Natal/South-Africa
Elmar Saathoff, Annette Olsen, Jane D Kvalsvig, Chris C Appleton
External decontamination of wild leeches with hypochloric acid
Atakan Aydin, Hasan Nazik, Samet Vasfi Kuvat, Nezahat Gurler, Betigul Ongen, Serdar Tuncer, Emre Hocaoglu, Sinan Nur Kesim
Hepatitis B virus variants in an HIV-HBV co-infected patient at different periods of antiretroviral treatment with and without lamivudine
Eneida A Santos, Michel VF Sucupira, Juçara Arabe, Selma A Gomes
A robust, low- to medium-throughput prnpgenotyping system in sheep
Johannes Buitkamp, Jördis Semmer
An economic analysis of premarriage prevention of hepatitis B transmission in Iran
Peyman Adibi, Mohammadreza Rezailashkajani, Delnaz Roshandel, Negar Behrouz, Shahin Ansari, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Saeed Shahraz, Mohammad Reza Zali
Mutational dynamics of the SARS coronavirus in cell culture and human populations isolated in 2003
Vinsensius B Vega, Yijun Ruan, Jianjun Liu, Wah Heng Lee, Chia Lin Wei, Su Yun Se-Thoe, Kin Fai Tang, Tao Zhang, Prasanna R Kolatkar, Eng Eong Ooi, Ai Ee Ling, Lawrence W Stanton, Philip M Long, Edison T Liu
A new method for determination of varicella-zoster virus immunoglobulin G avidity in serum and cerebrospinal fluid
Ralf-Herbert Kneitz, Jörg Schubert, Franz Tollmann, Wolfgang Zens, Klaus Hedman, Benedikt Weissbrich
A human in vitro model system for investigating genome-wide host responses to SARS coronavirus infection
Lisa FP Ng, Martin L Hibberd, Eng-Eong Ooi, Kin-Fai Tang, Soek-Ying Neo, Jenny Tan, Karuturi R Krishna Murthy, Vinsensius B Vega, Jer-Ming Chia, Edison T Liu, Ee-Chee Ren
Nosocomial outbreak of neonatal Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis meningitis in a rural hospital in northern Tanzania
Hogne Vaagland, Bjørn Blomberg, Carsten Krüger, Naftali Naman, Roland Jureen, Nina Langeland
Suboptimal clinical response to ciprofloxacin in patients with enteric fever due to Salmonella spp. with reduced fluoroquinolone susceptibility: a case series
Robert Slinger, Marc Desjardins, Anne E McCarthy, Karam Ramotar, Peter Jessamine, Christiane Guibord, Baldwin Toye
Norovirus gastroenteritis general outbreak associated with raw shellfish consumption in South Italy
Rosa Prato, Pier Luigi Lopalco, Maria Chironna, Giovanna Barbuti, Cinzia Germinario, Michele Quarto
A comparative ultrastructural and molecular biological study on Chlamydia psittaci infection in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and non-alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency emphysema versus lung tissue of patients with hamartochondroma
Dirk Theegarten, Olaf Anhenn, Helmut Hotzel, Mathias Wagner, Alessandro Marra, Georgios Stamatis, Grigori Mogilevski, Konrad Sachse
Vaccine candidates derived from a novel infectious cDNA clone of an American genotype dengue virus type 2
Joseph E Blaney Jr, Christopher T Hanson, Kathryn A Hanley, Brian R Murphy, Stephen S Whitehead
Patterns of Schistosoma haematobium infection, impact of praziquantel treatment and re-infection after treatment in a cohort of schoolchildren from rural KwaZulu-Natal/South Africa
Elmar Saathoff, Annette Olsen, Pascal Magnussen, Jane D Kvalsvig, Wilhelm Becker, Chris C Appleton
Punica granatum(Pomegranate) juice provides an HIV-1 entry inhibitor and candidate topical microbicide
A Robert Neurath, Nathan Strick, Yun-Yao Li, Asim K Debnath
Autoimmune inflammatory disorders, systemic corticosteroids and pneumocystis pneumonia: A strategy for prevention
Evin Sowden, Andrew J Carmichael
Effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in experimental methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis
Emine Alp, Suveyda Gozukucuk, Ozlem Canoz, Beyhan Kirmaci, Mehmet Doganay
Adjuvant interferon gamma in patients with drug – resistant pulmonary tuberculosis: a pilot study
Roberto Suárez-Méndez, Idrian García-García, Norma Fernández-Olivera, Magalys Valdés-Quintana, María T Milanés-Virelles, Dalia Carbonell, Delfina Machado-Molina, Carmen M Valenzuela-Silva, Pedro A López-Saura
Gastro-enteritis outbreak among Nordic patients with psoriasis in a health centre in Gran Canaria, Spain: a cohort study
Hanne M Eriksen, Philippe J Guerin, Karin Nygård, Marika Hjertqvist, Birgitta de Jong, Angela MC Rose, Markku Kuusi, Ulrike Durr, AG Rojas, Cato Mør, Preben Aavitsland
Older age does not influence CD4 cell recovery in HIV-1 infected patients receiving Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy
Mario Tumbarello, Ricardo Rabagliati, Katleen de Gaetano Donati, Silvia Bertagnolio, Eva Montuori, Enrica Tamburrini, Evelina Tacconelli, Roberto Cauda
AIDS-defining illnesses among patients with HIV in Singapore, 1985 to 2001: results from the Singapore HIV Observational Cohort Study (SHOCS)
Richard Bellamy, S Sangeetha, Nicholas I Paton
Molecular and epidemiologic analysis of a county-wide outbreak caused by Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis traced to a bakery
Po-Liang Lu, In-Jane Hwang, Ya-Lina Tung, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Chun-Lu Lin, LK Siu
A national survey of the prevalence of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths in Malaŵi
Cameron Bowie, Bernadette Purcell, Bina Shaba, Peter Makaula, Maria Perez
Zinc/copper imbalance reflects immune dysfunction in human leishmaniasis: an ex vivo and in vitro study
Johan Van Weyenbergh, Gisélia Santana, Argemiro D'Oliveira Jr, Anibal F Santos Jr, Carlos H Costa, Edgar M Carvalho, Aldina Barral, Manoel Barral-Netto
Mycobacterium tuberculosis from chronic murine infections that grows in liquid but not on solid medium
Jasvir Dhillon, Douglas B Lowrie, Denis A Mitchison
Spectrum of clinical disease in a series of 135 hospitalised HIV-infected patients from north India
SK Sharma, Tamilarasu Kadhiravan, Amit Banga, Tarun Goyal, Indrish Bhatia, PK Saha
Pharmacokinetics of quinacrine in the treatment of prion disease
Lotus Yung, Yong Huang, Pierre Lessard, Giuseppe Legname, Emil T Lin, Michael Baldwin, Stanley B Prusiner, Chongsuk Ryou, B Joseph Guglielmo
Regional risks and seasonality in travel-associated campylobacteriosis
Karl Ekdahl, Yvonne Andersson
Comparison of nested PCR and real time PCR of Herpesvirus infections of central nervous system in HIV patients
Lorenzo Drago, Alessandra Lombardi, Elena De Vecchi, Giuseppe Giuliani, Rosaria Bartolone, Maria Rita Gismondo
Age-specific prevalence, transmission and phylogeny of TT virus in the Czech Republic
Martina Saláková, Vratislav Němeček, Jaroslav König, Ruth Tachezy
The unmasking of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia during reversal of immunosuppression: case reports and literature review
Alan KL Wu, Vincent CC Cheng, Bone SF Tang, Ivan FN Hung, Rodney A Lee, David S Hui, Kwok Y Yuen
Can somatostatin control acute bleeding from oesophageal varices in Schistosoma mansoni patients?[ISRCTN63456799]
Shyama Chatterjee, Eric Van Marck
Third generation cephalosporin use in a tertiary hospital in Port of Spain, Trinidad: need for an antibiotic policy
Lexley M Pinto Pereira, Marjorie Phillips, Hema Ramlal, Karen Teemul, P Prabhakar
Streptococcal necrotising fasciitis from diverse strains of Streptococcus pyogenes in tropical northern Australia: case series and comparison with the literature
Marilyn Hassell, Peter Fagan, Phillip Carson, Bart J Currie
Micronutrient malnutrition and wasting in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without HIV co-infection in Malawi
Monique van Lettow, Anthony D Harries, Johnny J Kumwenda, Ed E Zijlstra, Tamara D Clark, Taha E Taha, Richard D Semba
Catheter-related bacteremia due to Kocuria rosea in a patient undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Fevzi Altuntas, Orhan Yildiz, Bülent Eser, Kürsat Gündogan, Bulent Sumerkan, Mustafa Çetin
First documented cure of a suggestive exogenous reinfection in polymyositis with same but multidrug resistant M. tuberculosis
Chiranjoy Mukhopadhyay, Ankita Garg, Archana Ayyagari