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Virology Journal

Issue 1/2014

Content (228 Articles)

Open Access Short report

Comparative analysis of apoptotic changes in peripheral immune organs and lungs following experimental infection of piglets with highly pathogenic and classical porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

Gang Wang, Yuli He, Yabin Tu, Yonggang Liu, En-Min Zhou, Zifeng Han, Chenggang Jiang, Shujie Wang, Wenda Shi, Xuehui Cai

Open Access Case Report

Myocarditis, hepatitis, and pancreatitis in a patient with coxsackievirus A4 infection: a case report

Nobuhiro Akuzawa, Naoyuki Harada, Takashi Hatori, Kunihiko Imai, Yonosuke Kitahara, Shinji Sakurai, Masahiko Kurabayashi

Open Access Research

The burden, distribution and risk factors for cervical oncogenic human papilloma virus infection in HIV positive Nigerian women

Oliver Chukwujekwu Ezechi, Per Olof Ostergren, Francisca Obiageri Nwaokorie, Innocent Achaya Otobo Ujah, Karen Odberg Pettersson

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Thank you to Virology Journal's peer reviewers in 2013

Linfa Wang

Open Access Research

A bovine viral diarrhea virus type 1a strain in China: isolation, identification, and experimental infection in calves

Wei Wang, Xinchuan Shi, Qin Tong, Yongwang Wu, Ming Qi Xia, Ye Ji, Wenzhi Xue, Hua Wu

Open Access Case Report

Spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus replication in an HIV coinfected patient with isolated anti-Hepatitis B core antibodies

Rongjuan Pei, Sebastian Grund, Jens Verheyen, Stefan Esser, Xinwen Chen, Mengji Lu

Open Access Research

Replication interference between human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 mediated by heterologous E1 helicases

Seiichiro Mori, Rika Kusumoto-Matsuo, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Takamasa Takeuchi, Iwao Kukimoto

Open Access Research

EBNA1 binding and epigenetic regulation of gastrokine tumor suppressor genes in gastric carcinoma cells

Fang Lu, Italo Tempera, Hyunna T Lee, Karen DeWispelaere, Paul M Lieberman

Open Access Methodology

Development of cost-effective real-time PCR test: to detect a wide range of HBV DNA concentrations in the western amazon region of Brazil

Alcione de Oliveira dos Santos, Luan Felipo Botelho Souza, Lourdes Maria Borzacov, Juan Miguel Villalobos-Salcedo, Deusilene Souza Vieira

Open Access Research

Seroprevalence Survey of Avian influenza A (H5) in wild migratory birds in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China

Hua Chang, Feiyan Dai, Zili Liu, Feizhou Yuan, Siyue Zhao, Xun Xiang, Fengcai Zou, Bangquan Zeng, YaTing Fan, Gang Duan

Open Access Research

First genome sequences of Achromobacter phages reveal new members of the N4 family

Johannes Wittmann, Brigitte Dreiseikelmann, Manfred Rohde, Jan P Meier-Kolthoff, Boyke Bunk, Christine Rohde

Open Access Short report

Adeno-associated virus type 2 preferentially integrates single genome copies with defined breakpoints

Tyler Janovitz, Michel Sadelain, Erik Falck-Pedersen

Open Access Review

Innate immune responses in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection

Aurelia Busca, Ashok Kumar

Open Access Research

Studies of inactivation mechanism of non-enveloped icosahedral virus by a visible ultrashort pulsed laser

Shaw-Wei D Tsen, David H Kingsley, Christian Poweleit, Samuel Achilefu, Douglas S Soroka, TC Wu, Kong-Thon Tsen

Open Access Short report

Molecular epidemiology and viral load of HCV in different regions of Punjab, Pakistan

Suliman Qadir Afridi, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Furqan Awan, Muhammad Nauman Zahid, Irfan Qadir Afridi, Sara Qadir Afridi, Tahir Yaqub

Open Access Research

Heterosubtypic protective immunity against widely divergent influenza subtypes induced by fusion protein 4sM2 in BALB/c mice

Mohammed YE Chowdhury, Soo-Kyung Seo, Ho-Jin Moon, Melbourne R Talactac, Jae-Hoon Kim, Min-Eun Park, Hwa-Young Son, Jong-Soo Lee, Chul-Joong Kim

Open Access Research

Cocksfoot mottle virus coat protein is dispensable for the systemic infection

Allan Olspert, Kristjan Kamsol, Cecilia Sarmiento, Jelena Gerassimenko, Erkki Truve

Open Access Research

Molecular investigation of bovine viral diarrhea virus infection in yaks (Bos gruniens) from Qinghai, China

Xiaowei Gong, Lihong Liu, Fuying Zheng, Qiwei Chen, Zhaocai Li, Xiaoan Cao, Hong Yin, Jizhang Zhou, Xuepeng Cai

Open Access Research

Nitazoxanide inhibits the replication of Japanese encephalitis virus in cultured cells and in a mouse model

Zixue Shi, Jianchao Wei, Xufang Deng, Shuqing Li, Yafeng Qiu, Donghua Shao, Beibei Li, Keyu Zhang, Feiqun Xue, Xiaodu Wang, Zhiyong Ma

Open Access Research

Determinants of individuals’ risks to 2009 pandemic influenza virus infection at household level amongst Djibouti city residents - A CoPanFlu cross-sectional study

Fred Andayi, Pascal Crepey, Alexia Kieffer, Nicolas Salez, Ammar A Abdo, Fabrice Carrat, Antoine Flahault, Xavier de Lamballerie

Open Access Research

Genome characterization of Long Island tick rhabdovirus, a new virus identified in Amblyomma americanum ticks

Rafal Tokarz, Stephen Sameroff, Maria Sanchez Leon, Komal Jain, W Ian Lipkin

Open Access Research

High prevalence and diversity of species D adenoviruses (HAdV-D) in human populations of four Sub-Saharan countries

Maude Pauly, Eileen Hoppe, Lawrence Mugisha, Klara Petrzelkova, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Augustin Etile Anoh, Arsène Mossoun, Grit Schubert, Lidewij Wiersma, Sabwe Pascale, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Stomy Karhemere, Sabrina Weiss, Siv Aina Leendertz, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Fabian H Leendertz, Bernhard Ehlers

Open Access Research

Molecular detection of human rhinoviruses in respiratory samples: a comparison of Taqman probe-, SYBR green I- and BOXTO-based real-time PCR assays

Julien Dupouey, Laetitia Ninove, Vanessa Ferrier, Odile Py, Céline Gazin, Laurence Thirion-Perrier, Xavier de Lamballerie

Open Access Research

CRTC2 enhances HBV transcription and replication by inducing PGC1α expression

Xiaohui Tian, Fei Zhao, Weihua Sun, Xiaoguang Zhi, Zhikui Cheng, Ming Zhou, Kanghong Hu

Open Access Research

Epidemiological aspects of HCV infection in non-injecting drug users in the Brazilian state of Pará, eastern Amazon

Aldemir B Oliveira-Filho, Leila Sawada, Laine C Pinto, Daiane Locks, Santana L Bahia, JairoA A Castro, Renata B Hermes, Igor Brasil-Costa, CarlosE M Amaral, José Alexandre R Lemos

Open Access Research

Inhibition of HSP90 attenuates porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus production in vitro

Jintao Gao, Shuqi Xiao, Xiaohong Liu, Liangliang Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Qianqian Ji, Yue Wang, Delin Mo, Yaosheng Chen

Open Access Research

Gene expression profiling of CD4+T cells in treatment-naive HIV, HCV mono- or co-infected Chinese

Lina Yi, Jin Zhao, Jing Lu, Ying Chen, Lin Chen, Jinquan Cheng, Yan Sun, Zhi Li, Ruotin Men, Li Yang, Hsiangfu Kung, Zhengrong Yang, Ming-liang He

Open Access Research

The dual role of tetraspanin CD63 in HIV-1 replication

Guangyu Li, Mark A Endsley, Anoma Somasunderam, Sonia L Gbota, Maryann I Mbaka, James L Murray, Monique R Ferguson

Open Access Research

Detection and genetic characterization of Seoul Virus from commensal brown rats in France

Tatiana Dupinay, Kieran C Pounder, Florence Ayral, Maria-Halima Laaberki, Denise A Marston, Sandra Lacôte, Catherine Rey, Fabienne Barbet, Katja Voller, Nicolas Nazaret, Marc Artois, Philippe Marianneau, Joel Lachuer, Anthony R Fooks, Michel Pépin, Catherine Legras-Lachuer, Lorraine M McElhinney

Open Access Research

Genetic characterization of type 2a canine parvoviruses from Taiwan reveals the emergence of an Ile324 mutation in VP2

Chao-Nan Lin, Chi-Hsien Chien, Ming-Tang Chiou, Ling-Ling Chueh, Meng-Yu Hung, Han-Siang Hsu

Open Access Research

Circulating human microRNAs are not linked to JC polyomavirus serology or urinary viral load in healthy subjects

Ole Lagatie, Tom Van Loy, Luc Tritsmans, Lieven J Stuyver

Open Access Short report

Genomic variation in macrophage-cultured European porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus Olot/91 revealed using ultra-deep next generation sequencing

Zen H Lu, Alexander Brown, Alison D Wilson, Jay G Calvert, Monica Balasch, Pablo Fuentes-Utrilla, Julia Loecherbach, Frances Turner, Richard Talbot, Alan L Archibald, Tahar Ait-Ali

Open Access Short report

Epidemiological and molecular features of dengue virus type-1 in New Caledonia, South Pacific, 2001–2013

Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Maïté Aubry, Olivia O’Connor, Claudine Roche, Ann-Claire Gourinat, Aurélie Guigon, Alyssa Pyke, Jean-Paul Grangeon, Eric Nilles, Suzanne Chanteau, John Aaskov, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau

Open Access Research

HTLV-1 in pregnant women from the Southern Bahia, Brazil: a neglected condition despite the high prevalence

Marco Antônio Gomes Mello, Aline Ferreira da Conceição, Sandra Mara Bispo Sousa, Luiz Carlos Alcântara, Lauro Juliano Marin, Mônica Regina da Silva Raiol, Ney Boa-Sorte, Lucas Pereira Souza Santos, Maria da Conceição Chagas de Almeida, Tâmara Coutinho Galvão, Raquel Gois Bastos, Noilson Lázaro, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Sandra Rocha Gadelha

Open Access Short report

Mutagenesis analysis of T380R mutation in the envelope protein of yellow fever virus

Yan-Jang S Huang, John T Nuckols, Kate M Horne, Dana Vanlandingham, Mario Lobigs, Stephen Higgs

Open Access Short report

Plaque reduction neutralization antibody test does not accurately predict protection against dengue infection in Ratchaburi cohort, Thailand

Chukiat Sirivichayakul, Arunee Sabchareon, Kriengsak Limkittikul, Sutee Yoksan

Open Access Case Report

Diagnosis, management and post-mortem findings of a human case of rabies imported into the United Kingdom from India: a case report

Smriti Pathak, Daniel L Horton, Sebastian Lucas, David Brown, Shumonta Quaderi, Sara Polhill, David Walker, Eleni Nastouli, Alejandro Núñez, Emma L Wise, Anthony R Fooks, Michael Brown

Open Access Review

Regulation of gene expression by microRNA in HCV infection and HCV–mediated hepatocellular carcinoma

Priyanka Gupta, Murray J Cairns, Nitin K Saksena

Open Access Research

Complete genome sequence and pathogenesis of bovine viral diarrhea virus JL-1 isolate from cattle in China

Shuqin Zhang, Bin Tan, Yulin Ding, Fengxue Wang, Li Guo, Yongjun Wen, Shipeng Cheng, Hua Wu

Open Access Research

Characterization of small ruminant lentivirus A4 subtype isolates and assessment of their pathogenic potential in naturally infected goats

Martina Deubelbeiss, Laure Blatti-Cardinaux, Marie-Luise Zahno, Reto Zanoni, Hans-Rudolf Vogt, Horst Posthaus, Giuseppe Bertoni

Open Access Research

Influenza viral vectors expressing the Brucella OMP16 or L7/L12 proteins as vaccines against B. abortus infection

Kaissar Tabynov, Abylai Sansyzbay, Zhailaubay Kydyrbayev, Bolat Yespembetov, Sholpan Ryskeldinova, Nadezhda Zinina, Nurika Assanzhanova, Kulaisan Sultankulova, Nurlan Sandybayev, Berik Khairullin, Irina Kuznetsova, Boris Ferko, Andrej Egorov

Open Access Short report

Hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin containing high titers of pandemic H1N1 hemagglutinin and neuraminidase antibodies provides dose-dependent protection against lethal virus challenge in SCID mice

Christine Hohenadl, Walter Wodal, Astrid Kerschbaum, Richard Fritz, M Keith Howard, Maria R Farcet, Daniel Portsmouth, John K McVey, Donald A Baker, Hartmut J Ehrlich, P Noel Barrett, Thomas R Kreil

Open Access Research

Molecular characterisation of human hepatitis E virus from Italy: comparative analysis of five reverse transcription-PCR assays

Giuseppina La Rosa, Marta Fratini, Michele Muscillo, Marcello Iaconelli, Stefania Taffon, Michele Equestre, Paola Chionne, Elisabetta Madonna, Giulio Pisani, Roberto Bruni, Anna Rita Ciccaglione

Open Access Methodology

Resolving the titer of murine cytomegalovirus by plaque assay using the M2-10B4 cell line and a low viscosity overlay

Katherine A Zurbach, Toktam Moghbeli, Christopher M Snyder

Open Access Methodology

A loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the visual detection of duck circovirus

Liji Xie, Zhixun Xie, Guangyuan Zhao, Jiabo Liu, Yaoshan Pang, Xianwen Deng, Zhiqin Xie, Qing Fan, Sisi Luo

Open Access Research

Phylogenetic and antigenic characterization of reassortant H9N2 avian influenza viruses isolated from wild waterfowl in the East Dongting Lake wetland in 2011–2012

Yun Zhu, Shixiong Hu, Tian Bai, Lei Yang, Xiang Zhao, Wenfei Zhu, Yiwei Huang, Zhihong Deng, Hong Zhang, Zhiyong Bai, Mingdong Yu, Jianfei Huang, Yuelong Shu

Open Access Short report

Prospective study of Hepatitis E Virus infection among pregnant women in France

Christophe Renou, Vincent Gobert, Christophe Locher, Abdelouahab Moumen, Oumar Timbely, Janine Savary, Anne-Marie Roque-Afonso

Open Access Research

Antibody-dependent infection of human macrophages by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Ming Shum Yip, Nancy Hiu Lan Leung, Chung Yan Cheung, Ping Hung Li, Horace Hok Yeung Lee, Marc Daëron, Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris, Roberto Bruzzone, Martial Jaume

Open Access Research

Samba virus: a novel mimivirus from a giant rain forest, the Brazilian Amazon

Rafael K Campos, Paulo V Boratto, Felipe L Assis, Eric RGR Aguiar, Lorena CF Silva, Jonas D Albarnaz, Fabio P Dornas, Giliane S Trindade, Paulo P Ferreira, João T Marques, Catherine Robert, Didier Raoult, Erna G Kroon, Bernard La Scola, Jônatas S Abrahão

Open Access Research

Oral immunization with recombinant enterovirus 71 VP1 formulated with chitosan protects mice against lethal challenge

Fushun Zhang, Chunsheng Hao, Shuo Zhang, Aqian Li, Quanfu Zhang, Wei Wu, Lin Liu, Chuan Li, Mifang Liang, Xiuling Li, Dexin Li

Open Access Research

The adaptation of a CTN-1 rabies virus strain to high-titered growth in chick embryo cells for vaccine development

Caiping Guo, Chunhua Wang, Shan Luo, Shimao Zhu, Hui Li, Yongdi Liu, Lanzhen Zhou, Pei Zhang, Xin Zhang, Yujiang Ding, Weirong Huang, Kaiyong Wu, Yanpeng Zhang, Weihua Rong, Hua Tian

Open Access Short report

Rapid detection of porcine kobuvirus in feces by reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification

Changlong Li, Jianfei Chen, Hongyan Shi, Xin Zhang, Da Shi, Xiao Han, Yanbin Chi, Li Feng

Open Access Research

Recombinant tandem multi-linear neutralizing epitopes of human enterovirus 71 elicited protective immunity in mice

Yue-Xiang Li, Hui Zhao, Rui-Yuan Cao, Yong-Qiang Deng, Jian-Feng Han, Shun-Ya Zhu, Jie Ma, Long Liu, E-De Qin, Cheng-Feng Qin

Open Access Research

Viral persistence in colorectal cancer cells infected by Newcastle disease virus

Suet-Lin Chia, Khatijah Yusoff, Norazizah Shafee

Open Access Research

Virologic characterization of genotype 4 hepatitis C virus variants in patients treated with telaprevir

Sandra De Meyer, Anne Ghys, Inge Dierynck, Maria Beumont, Donghan Luo, Gaston Picchio

Open Access Review

Diagnosis of genital herpes simplex virus infection in the clinical laboratory

Jérôme LeGoff, Hélène Péré, Laurent Bélec

Open Access Research

Oncolytic therapy of a recombinant Newcastle disease virus D90 strain for lung cancer

Zheng Chai, Peiyi Zhang, Fang Fu, Xueyun Zhang, Ying Liu, Lihua Hu, Xi Li

Open Access Review

Porcine circovirus type 2 in China: an update on and insights to its prevalence and control

Shao-Lun Zhai, Sheng-Nan Chen, Zhi-Hong Xu, Man-Hua Tang, Feng-Guo Wang, Xiao-Jing Li, Bei-Bei Sun, Su-Fang Deng, Jun Hu, Dian-Hong Lv, Xiao-Hui Wen, Jie Yuan, Man-Lin Luo, Wen-Kang Wei

Open Access Research

Viral metagenomic analysis of feces of wild small carnivores

Rogier Bodewes, Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez, Claudia ME Schapendonk, Judith MA van den Brand, Albert DME Osterhaus, Saskia L Smits

Open Access Short report

Membrane-bound IL-12 and IL-23 serve as potent mucosal adjuvants when co-presented on whole inactivated influenza vaccines

Tila Khan, Connie L Heffron, Kevin P High, Paul C Roberts

Open Access Research

Inhibition of hepatitis C virus by an M1GS ribozyme derived from the catalytic RNA subunit of Escherichia coli RNase P

Xinliang Mao, Xifang Li, Xinjun Mao, Zhiwen Huang, Chengcheng Zhang, Wenjun Zhang, Jianguo Wu, Gang Li

Open Access Research

Mesoniviruses are mosquito-specific viruses with extensive geographic distribution and host range

Nikos Vasilakis, Hilda Guzman, Cadhla Firth, Naomi L Forrester, Steven G Widen, Thomas G Wood, Shannan L Rossi, Elodie Ghedin, Vsevolov Popov, Kim R Blasdell, Peter J Walker, Robert B Tesh

Open Access Short report

PCR detection and analyzis of potentially zoonotic Hepatitis E virus in French rats

Frederik Widén, Florence Ayral, Marc Artois, Ann-Sophie Olofson, Jay Lin

Open Access Methodology

Concentration and purification of enterovirus 71 using a weak anion-exchange monolithic column

Ashok Raj Kattur Venkatachalam, Milene Szyporta, Tanja Kristin Kiener, Premanand Balraj, Jimmy Kwang

Open Access Research

Functional properties of the HIV-1 long terminal repeat containing single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Sp site III and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein site I

Sonia Shah, Aikaterini Alexaki, Vanessa Pirrone, Satinder Dahiya, Michael R Nonnemacher, Brian Wigdahl

Open Access Research

Development of an immunochromatography strip test based on truncated nucleocapsid antigens of three representative hantaviruses

Takako Amada, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Takaaki Koma, Kenta Shimizu, Chandika D Gamage, Kanae Shiokawa, Sanae Nishio, Clas Ahlm, Jiro Arikawa

Open Access Short report

The interferon-inducible antiviral protein Daxx is not essential for interferon-mediated protection against avian sarcoma virus

Kelsey A Haugh, Natalia Shalginskikh, Shoko Nogusa, Anna Marie Skalka, Richard A Katz, Siddharth Balachandran

Open Access Research

Critical role of cellular cholesterol in bovine rotavirus infection

Jin Cui, Xinliang Fu, Jiexiong Xie, Ming Gao, Malin Hong, Yao Chen, Shuo Su, Shoujun Li

Open Access Research

Subclinical infection without encephalitis in mice following intranasal exposure to Nipah virus-Malaysia and Nipah virus-Bangladesh

Johanna Dups, Deborah Middleton, Fenella Long, Rachel Arkinstall, Glenn A Marsh, Lin-Fa Wang

Open Access Research

Interactions with DCAF1 and DDB1 in the CRL4 E3 ubiquitin ligase are required for Vpr-mediated G2 arrest

Yoshiyuki Hakata, Masaaki Miyazawa, Nathaniel R Landau

Open Access Research

Inhibition of mTORC1 inhibits lytic replication of Epstein-Barr virus in a cell-type specific manner

Amy L Adamson, Brandi T Le, Brian D Siedenburg

Open Access Research

Comparative quantitative monitoring of rabbit haemorrhagic disease viruses in rabbit kittens

Markus Matthaei, Peter J Kerr, Andrew J Read, Paul Hick, Stephanie Haboury, John D Wright, Tanja Strive

Open Access Research

Molecular epidemiology of Porcine torovirus (PToV) in Sichuan Province, China: 2011–2013

Lu Zhou, Haoche Wei, Yuancheng Zhou, Zhiwen Xu, Ling Zhu, Jim Horne

Open Access Research

A recombinant adenovirus-based vector elicits a specific humoral immune response against the V3 loop of HIV-1 gp120 in mice through the “Antigen Capsid-Incorporation” strategy

Linlin Gu, Valentina Krendelchtchikova, Alexandre Krendelchtchikov, Robert A Oster, Kohtaro Fujihashi, Qiana L Matthews

Open Access Short report

Molecular characterization of a naturally occurring intraspecific recombinant begomovirus with close relatives widespread in southern Arabia

Mohammed A Al-Saleh, Ibrahim M Al-Shahwan, Judith K Brown, Ali M Idris

Open Access Research

Comparison of multiple DNA vaccines for protection against cytomegalovirus infection in BALB/c mice

Chaoyang Huang, Huadong Wang, Shuting Wu, Haiyan Chang, Lalan Liu, Bo Peng, Fang Fang, Ze Chen

Open Access Research

A description of the hepatitis B virus genomic background in a high-prevalence area in China

Xiaoming Chen, Jie Gao, Zhaohua Ji, Weilu Zhang, Lei Zhang, Rui Xu, Jingxia Zhang, Fei Li, Shi Li, Shijie Hu, Lei Shang, ZhongJun Shao, Yongping Yan

Open Access Research

Type-I interferon response affects an inoculation dose-independent mortality in mice following Japanese encephalitis virus infection

Kotaro Aoki, Satoshi Shimada, Dash Sima Simantini, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Corazon C Buerano, Kouichi Morita, Daisuke Hayasaka

Open Access Short report

Pandemic clinical case definitions are non-specific: multiple respiratory viruses circulating in the early phases of the 2009 influenza pandemic in New South Wales, Australia

Vigneswary Mala Ratnamohan, Janette Taylor, Frank Zeng, Kenneth McPhie, Christopher C Blyth, Sheena Adamson, Jen Kok, Dominic E Dwyer

Open Access Case Report

A case of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis with malignant transformation, HPV11 DNAemia, high L1 antibody titre and a fatal papillary endocardial lesion

Paul-Stefan Mauz, Manola Zago, Ralf Kurth, Michael Pawlita, Martin Holderried, John Thiericke, Angelika Iftner, Frank Stubenrauch, Karl Sotlar, Thomas Iftner

Open Access Research

Promoter hypermethylation of Wnt pathway inhibitors in hepatitis C virus - induced multistep hepatocarcinogenesis

Muhammad Umer, Sohail Asif Qureshi, Zahid Yasin Hashmi, Asif Raza, Janbaz Ahmad, Moazur Rahman, Mazhar Iqbal

Open Access Research

Identification of linear human B-cell epitopes of tick-borne encephalitis virus

Suvi Kuivanen, Jussi Hepojoki, Sirkka Vene, Antti Vaheri, Olli Vapalahti

Open Access Research

Infection of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus with RNA4-encoded P31 specifically up-regulates pathogenesis-related protein 10 in Nicotiana benthamiana

Wen-Qi Wu, Hui-Yan Fan, Ning Jiang, Ying Wang, Zong-Ying Zhang, Yong-Liang Zhang, Xian-Bing Wang, Da-Wei Li, Jia-Lin Yu, Cheng-Gui Han

Open Access Review

Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus and other giant viruses: an open field to outstanding discoveries

Jônatas S Abrahão, Fábio P Dornas, Lorena CF Silva, Gabriel M Almeida, Paulo VM Boratto, Phillipe Colson, Bernard La Scola, Erna G Kroon

Open Access Research

Small molecules that inhibit Vif-induced degradation of APOBEC3G

Masashi Matsui, Keisuke Shindo, Taisuke Izumi, Katsuhiro Io, Masanobu Shinohara, Jun Komano, Masayuki Kobayashi, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Reuben S Harris, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo

Open Access Research

Identification and validation of a novel microRNA-like molecule derived from a cytoplasmic RNA virus antigenome by bioinformatics and experimental approaches

Jiandong Shi, Zhiqing Duan, Jing Sun, Meini Wu, Bin Wang, Jing Zhang, Haixuan Wang, Ningzhu Hu, Yunzhang Hu

Open Access Research

Epidemiological survey of human cytomegalovirus antibody levels in children from Southeastern China

Qi Zhang, Yan Gao, Ying Peng, Miao Fu, Yan-Qing Liu, Qiu-Ju Zhou, Jian Yu, Xiao-Qun Zheng

Open Access Research

Biphasic regulation of A20 gene expression during human cytomegalovirus infection

Su Yeon Gu, Young-Eui Kim, Ki Mun Kwon, Tae-Hee Han, Jin-Hyun Ahn

Open Access Research

The combined effects of irradiation and herpes simplex virus type 1 infection on an immortal gingival cell line

Aaro Turunen, Veijo Hukkanen, Michaela Nygårdas, Jarmo Kulmala, Stina Syrjänen

Open Access Research

Molecular characterization and phylogenetics of Fennoscandian cowpox virus isolates based on the p4c and atip genes

Malachy Ifeanyi Okeke, Arinze Stanley Okoli, Øivind Nilssen, Ugo Moens, Morten Tryland, Thomas Bøhn, Terje Traavik

Open Access Research

Detection of circulating norovirus genotypes: hitting a moving target

Brenda-Lee Rooney, Janice Pettipas, Elsie Grudeski, Oksana Mykytczuk, Xiao-Li Pang, Tim F Booth, Todd F Hatchette, Jason J LeBlanc

Open Access Research

Effects of two amino acid substitutions in the capsid proteins on the interaction of two cell-adapted PanAsia-1 strains of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O with heparan sulfate receptor

Xingwen Bai, Huifang Bao, Pinghua Li, Wei Wei, Meng Zhang, Pu Sun, Yimei Cao, Zengjun Lu, Yuanfang Fu, Baoxia Xie, Yingli Chen, Dong Li, Jianxun Luo, Zaixin Liu

Open Access Short report

Comparative analyses of host responses upon infection with moderately virulent Classical swine fever virus in domestic pigs and wild boar

Anja Petrov, Ulrike Blohm, Martin Beer, Jana Pietschmann, Sandra Blome

Open Access Research

Development and validation of rapid magnetic particle based extraction protocols

Andrea Aebischer, Martin Beer, Bernd Hoffmann

Open Access Research

Crystal structure of the lytic CHAPK domain of the endolysin LysK from Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage K

Marta Sanz-Gaitero, Ruth Keary, Carmela Garcia-Doval, Aidan Coffey, Mark J van Raaij

Open Access Research

First sero-prevalence of dengue fever specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in Western and North-Western provinces of Zambia: a population based cross sectional study

Mazyanga Lucy Mazaba-Liwewe, Seter Siziya, Mwaka Monze, Idah Mweene-Ndumba, Freddie Masaninga, Peter Songolo, Costantine Malama, Elizabeth Chizema, Peter Mwaba, Olusegun A Babaniyi

Open Access Research

Isolation and complete nucleotide sequence of a Batai virus strain in Inner Mongolia, China

Hao Liu, Xi-qun Shao, Bo Hu, Jian-jun Zhao, Lei Zhang, Hai-ling Zhang, Xue Bai, Run-xiang Zhang, Deng-yun Niu, Yan-gang Sun, Xi-jun Yan

Open Access Research

Detection of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus using reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP)

Kazuya Shirato, Takuya Yano, Syouhei Senba, Shigehiro Akachi, Takashi Kobayashi, Takamichi Nishinaka, Tsugunori Notomi, Shutoku Matsuyama

Open Access Commentary

Defining viral species: making taxonomy useful

A Townsend Peterson

Open Access Short report

Elevated dietary zinc oxide levels do not have a substantial effect on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PPRSV) vaccination and infection

Weidong Chai, Zhenya Wang, Pawel Janczyk, Sven Twardziok, Ulrike Blohm, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Michael Burwinkel

Open Access Research

Mouse Cytomegalovirus infection overrules T regulatory cell suppression on natural killer cells

Marc Lindenberg, Gulhas Solmaz, Franz Puttur, Tim Sparwasser

Open Access Research

Validation of an automated ELISA system for detection of antibodies to Aleutian mink disease virus using blood samples collected in filter paper strips

Anna Knuuttila, Pirjo Aronen, Majvor Eerola, Ian A Gardner, Anna-Maija K Virtala, Olli Vapalahti

Open Access Research

Identification and characterization of unrecognized viruses in stool samples of non-polio acute flaccid paralysis children by simplified VIDISCA

Shahzad Shaukat, Mehar Angez, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Maarten F Jebbink, Martin Deijs, Marta Canuti, Salmaan Sharif, Michel de Vries, Adnan Khurshid, Tariq Mahmood, Lia van der Hoek, SyedSohail Zahoor Zaidi

Open Access Research

Development of a reverse genetics system for respiratory syncytial virus long strain and an immunogenicity study of the recombinant virus

Bing Hu, Jiawei Jiang, Jianbo Zhan, Guoming Li, Yongzhong Jiang, Xuhua Guan, Yuanding Chen, Zhizheng Fang

Open Access Research

Phylogenetic relationships and pathogenicity variation of two Newcastle disease viruses isolated from domestic ducks in Southern China

Yinfeng Kang, Yanling Li, Runyu Yuan, Xianwei Li, Minhua Sun, Zhaoxiong Wang, Minsha Feng, Peirong Jiao, Tao Ren

Open Access Methodology

Quantitation of substitutions at amino acid 70 in hepatitis C virus genotype 1b

Zhongjie Hu, Ying Liu, Lixia Qiu, Zuopeng Fan, Wei Nie, Shan Liang, Ronghua Jin

Open Access Short report

Identification of a novel nidovirus in an outbreak of fatal respiratory disease in ball pythons (Python regius)

Lorenzo Uccellini, Robert J Ossiboff, Ricardo EC de Matos, James K Morrisey, Alexandra Petrosov, Isamara Navarrete-Macias, Komal Jain, Allison L Hicks, Elizabeth L Buckles, Rafal Tokarz, Denise McAloose, Walter Ian Lipkin

Open Access Research

Chitosan microparticles loaded with yeast-derived PCV2 virus-like particles elicit antigen-specific cellular immune response in mice after oral administration

Sergio A Bucarey, Myriam Pujol, Joaquín Poblete, Ignacio Nuñez, Cecilia V Tapia, Andrónico Neira-Carrillo, Jonatán Martinez, Oliver Bassa

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Antiviral potency and functional analysis of tetherin orthologues encoded by horse and donkey

Xin Yin, Miaomiao Guo, Qinyong Gu, Xingliang Wu, Ping Wei, Xiaojun Wang

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Influenza polymerase encoding mRNAs utilize atypical mRNA nuclear export

Sean Larsen, Steven Bui, Veronica Perez, Adeba Mohammad, Hilario Medina-Ramirez, Laura L Newcomb

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Nonstructural proteins 2C and 3D are involved in autophagy as induced by the encephalomyocarditis virus

Lei Hou, Xinna Ge, Lingxiang Xin, Lei Zhou, Xin Guo, Hanchun Yang

Open Access Methodology

An efficient genome sequencing method for equine influenza [H3N8] virus reveals a new polymorphism in the PA-X protein

Adam Rash, Alana Woodward, Neil Bryant, John McCauley, Debra Elton

Open Access Short report

Identification of swine influenza virus epitopes and analysis of multiple specificities expressed by cytotoxic T cell subsets

Lasse E Pedersen, Solvej Ø Breum, Ulla Riber, Lars E Larsen, Gregers Jungersen

Open Access Short report

Seroprevalence of HHV-6 and HHV-8 among blood donors in Greece

Marianna Politou, Dimitrios Koutras, Georgios Kaparos, Serena Valsami, Theodoros Pittaras, Emmanouil Logothetis, George Panayiotakopoulos, Evangelia Kouskouni

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Identification of molecular sub-networks associated with cell survival in a chronically SIVmac-infected human CD4+ T cell line

Feng Q He, Ulrike Sauermann, Christiane Beer, Silke Winkelmann, Zheng Yu, Sieghart Sopper, An-Ping Zeng, Manfred Wirth

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Genetic heterogeneity of swine hepatitis E virus isolates from Yunnan province, China in 2011–2012

Xianghua Shu, Xinhui Duan, Chunlian Song, Jintao Li, Lei Jiang, Gefen Yin, Wengui Li

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Activation of Pro-survival CaMK4β/CREB and Pro-death MST1 signaling at early and late times during a mouse model of prion disease

Rory H Shott, Anna Majer, Kathy L Frost, Stephanie A Booth, Luis M Schang

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Borna disease virus (BDV) infection in psychiatric patients and healthy controls in Iran

Elham Mazaheri-Tehrani, Nader Maghsoudi, Jamal Shams, Hamid Soori, Hasti Atashi, Fereshteh Motamedi, Liv Bode, Hanns Ludwig

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Viral miRNAs in plasma and urine divulge JC polyomavirus infection

Ole Lagatie, Tom Van Loy, Luc Tritsmans, Lieven J Stuyver

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Circulation of Coxsackievirus A6 in hand-foot-mouth disease in Guangzhou, 2010-2012

Biao Di, Ying Zhang, Huaping Xie, Xiaoquan Li, Chun Chen, Peng Ding, Peng He, Dahu Wang, Jinmei Geng, Lei Luo, Zhijun Bai, Zhicong Yang, Ming Wang

Open Access Research

The influence of secondary structure, selection and recombination on rubella virus nucleotide substitution rate estimates

Leendert J Cloete, Emil P Tanov, Brejnev M Muhire, Darren P Martin, Gordon W Harkins

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Nuclear localized Influenza nucleoprotein N-terminal deletion mutant is deficient in functional vRNP formation

Abel Sanchez, Christian F Guerrero-Juarez, Jose Ramirez, Laura L Newcomb

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Evaluation of four commercial real-time RT-PCR kits for the detection of dengue viruses in clinical samples

Fatiha Najioullah, Florent Viron, Raymond Césaire

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Entecavir combined with furin inhibitor simultaneously reduces hepatitis B virus replication and e antigen secretion

Hui Y Yang, Nai Q Zheng, Dong M Li, Lin Gu, Xiao M Peng

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Novel norovirus recombinants detected in South Africa

Janet Mans, Tanya Y Murray, Maureen B Taylor

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Comparative pathology of pigs infected with Korean H1N1, H1N2, or H3N2 swine influenza A viruses

Kwang-Soo Lyoo, Jeong-Ki Kim, Kwonil Jung, Bo-Kyu Kang, Daesub Song

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HTLV-1 proviral integration sites differ between asymptomatic carriers and patients with HAM/TSP

Heather A Niederer, Daniel J Laydon, Anat Melamed, Marjet Elemans, Becca Asquith, Masao Matsuoka, Charles RM Bangham

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High pathogenicity and low genetic evolution of avian paramyxovirus type I (Newcastle disease virus) isolated from live bird markets in Uganda

Denis K Byarugaba, Kizito K Mugimba, John B Omony, Martin Okitwi, Agnes Wanyana, Maxwell O Otim, Halid Kirunda, Jessica L Nakavuma, Angélique Teillaud, Mathilde C Paul, Mariette F Ducatez

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Non-rhinovirus enteroviruses associated with respiratory infections in Peru (2005-2010)

Jose L Huaman, Gladys Carrion, Julia S Ampuero, Jorge Gomez, Victor Ocaña, Irmia Paz, Elizabeth Gomez, Edward Chavez, Favio Sarmiento, Edward Pozo, V Alberto Laguna-Torres, Eric S Halsey

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Antibodies reacting with JCPyV_VP2 _167-15mer as a novel serological marker for JC polyomavirus infection

Ole Lagatie, Tom Van Loy, Luc Tritsmans, Lieven J Stuyver

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Pathogenicity and tissue distribution of grass carp reovirus after intraperitoneal administration

Hong-Ru Liang, Yong-Gang Li, Wei-Wei Zeng, Ying-Ying Wang, Qing Wang, Shu-Qin Wu

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Frequent migration of introduced cucurbit-infecting begomoviruses among Middle Eastern countries

Moshe Lapidot, Dana Gelbart, Amit Gal-On, Noa Sela, Ghandi Anfoka, Fatima Haj Ahmed, Yusuf Abou-Jawada, Hana Sobh, Hamed Mazyad, Aboul-Ata E Aboul-Ata, Ahmed Kamal El-Attar, Mohammed S Ali-Shtayeh, Rana M Jamous, Jane E Polston, Siobain Duffy

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Avian paramyoxvirus-8 immunization reduces viral shedding after homologous APMV-8 challenge but fails to protect against Newcastle disease

Christian Grund, Constanze Steglich, Eva Huthmann, Martin Beer, Thomas C Mettenleiter, Angela Römer-Oberdörfer

Open Access Research

Quantitative investigation of the affinity of human respiratory syncytial virus phosphoprotein C-terminus binding to nucleocapsid protein

Adam B Shapiro, Ning Gao, Nichole O’Connell, Jun Hu, Jason Thresher, Rong-Fang Gu, Ross Overman, Ian M Hardern, Graham G Sproat

Open Access Research

Characterization of a new genotype of avian bornavirus from wild ducks

Jianhua Guo, H L Shivaprasad, Raquel R Rech, Jill J Heatley, Ian Tizard, Susan Payne

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Imaging analysis of human metapneumovirus-infected cells provides evidence for the involvement of F-actin and the raft-lipid microdomains in virus morphogenesis

Muhammad Raihan Jumat, Tra Nguyen Huong, Puisan Wong, Liat Hui Loo, Boon Huan Tan, Fiona Fenwick, Geoffrey L Toms, Richard J Sugrue

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Protease 2A induces stress granule formation during coxsackievirus B3 and enterovirus 71 infections

Shuo Wu, Yan Wang, Lexun Lin, Xiaoning Si, Tianying Wang, Xiaoyan Zhong, Lei Tong, Ying Luan, Yang Chen, Xiaoyu Li, Fengmin Zhang, Wenran Zhao, Zhaohua Zhong

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Antiviral effects against EV71 of pimprinine and its derivatives isolated from Streptomyces sp

Yanhong Wei, Wei Fang, Zhongyi Wan, Kaimei Wang, Qingyu Yang, Xiaofeng Cai, Liqiao Shi, Ziwen Yang

Open Access Short report

HPV infection and triple-negative breast cancers: an Italian case-control study

Andrea Fausto Piana, Giovanni Sotgiu, Maria Rosaria Muroni, Paolo Cossu-Rocca, Paolo Castiglia, Maria Rosaria De Miglio

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Molecular characterization of H3N2 influenza A viruses isolated from Ontario swine in 2011 and 2012

Helena Grgić, Marcio Costa, Robert M Friendship, Susy Carman, Éva Nagy, Greg Wideman, Scott Weese, Zvonimir Poljak

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Identification of rhabdoviral sequences in oropharyngeal swabs from German and Danish bats

Melina Fischer, Conrad M Freuling, Thomas Müller, Juliane Schatz, Thomas Bruun Rasmussen, Mariann Chriel, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Martin Beer, Bernd Hoffmann

Open Access Research

Simultaneous alteration of residues 279 and 284 of the VP2 major capsid protein of a very virulent Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (vvIBDV) strain did not lead to attenuation in chickens

Nawel Ben Abdeljelil, Neila Khabouchi, Selma Kassar, Khaled Miled, Samir Boubaker, Abdeljelil Ghram, Helmi Mardassi

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Construction and in vitro evaluation of a recombinant live attenuated PRRSV expressing GM-CSF

Lingxue Yu, Yanjun Zhou, Yifeng Jiang, Wu Tong, Shen Yang, Fei Gao, Kang Wang, Liwei Li, Tianqi Xia, Qun Cheng, Guangzhi Tong

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Detailed morphological characterisation of Hendra virus infection of different cell types using super-resolution and conventional imaging

Paul Monaghan, Diane Green, Jackie Pallister, Reuben Klein, John White, Catherine Williams, Paul McMillan, Leann Tilley, Marko Lampe, Pippa Hawes, Lin-Fa Wang

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Genetic analysis and comparative virulence of infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) types HPR7a and HPR7b from recent field outbreaks in Chile

Marcos G Godoy, Rudy Suarez, Eduardo S Lazo, Katerina O Llegues, Molly JT Kibenge, Yingwei Wang, Frederick SB Kibenge

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Occult Hepatitis B virus infection Among blood donors in Colombia

Wilson Alfredo Rios-Ocampo, Fabián Cortes-Mancera, Juan Camilo Olarte, Angela Soto, Maria-Cristina Navas

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The pathogenicity of swan derived H5N1 virus in birds and mammals and its gene analysis

Kairat Tabynov, Abylay Sansyzbay, Nurlan Sandybayev, Muratbay Mambetaliyev

Open Access Research

Combination of specific single chain antibody variable fragment and siRNA has a synergistic inhibitory effect on the propagation of avian influenza virus H5N1 in chicken cells

Shuang Wang, Peng Zhang, Fei He, Ji-Gui Wang, Jia-Zeng Sun, Zhi-Li Li, Bao Yi, Ji Xi, Ya-Ping Mao, Qiang Hou, Dao-Li Yuan, Zi-Ding Zhang, Wei-Quan Liu

Open Access Research

Identification and genomic characterization of a novel porcine parvovirus (PPV6) in china

Jianqiang Ni, Caixia Qiao, Xue Han, Tao Han, Wenhua Kang, Zhanchao Zi, Zhen Cao, Xinyan Zhai, Xuepeng Cai

Open Access Review

Plant-based vaccines against viruses

Edward P Rybicki

Open Access Research

MicroRNA miR-320a and miR-140 inhibit mink enteritis virus infection by repression of its receptor, feline transferrin receptor

Jia-zeng Sun, Jigui Wang, Shuang Wang, Daoli Yuan, Zhili Li, Bao Yi, Qiang Hou, Yaping Mao, Weiquan Liu

Open Access Short report

Identification of a new tospovirus causing necrotic ringspot on tomato in China

Yueyan Yin, Kuanyu Zheng, Jiahong Dong, Qi Fang, Shiping Wu, Lishuang Wang, Zhongkai Zhang

Open Access Research

Surveillance of avirulent Newcastle disease viruses at live bird markets in Eastern China during 2008–2012 reveals a new sub-genotype of class I virus

Jie Zhu, Haixu Xu, Jingjing Liu, Zhenzhen Zhao, Shunlin Hu, Xiaoquan Wang, Xiufan Liu

Open Access Research

Characterization of PERV in a new conserved pig herd as potential donor animals for xenotransplantation in China

Fei Guo, Xiaowei Xing, Wayne J Hawthorne, Qiong Dong, Bin Ye, Juan Zhang, Qi Liang, Wei Nie, Wei Wang

Open Access Short report

E5564 inhibits immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10 induction promoted by HIV-1 Tat protein

Elmostafa Bahraoui, Laurence Briant, Nathalie Chazal

Open Access Short report

pH-Dependent entry of chikungunya virus fusion into mosquito cells

John T Nuckols, Alexander J McAuley, Yan-Jang S Huang, Kate M Horne, Stephen Higgs, Robert A Davey, Dana L Vanlandingham

Open Access Research

The diversity of human papillomavirus infection among human immunodeficiency virus-infected women in Yunnan, China

Hong-Yun Zhang, Man-Dong Fei, Yong Jiang, Qiu-Yue Fei, Hong Qian, Lin Xu, Yu-Ni Jin, Cheng-Qin Jiang, Hai-Xia Li, Sarah M Tiggelaar, Jennifer S Smith, Vikrant V Sahasrabuddhe, You-Lin Qiao

Open Access Research

The SARS coronavirus papain like protease can inhibit IRF3 at a post activation step that requires deubiquitination activity

Krystal Matthews, Alexandra Schäfer, Alissa Pham, Matthew Frieman

Open Access Research

Multiplex PCR analysis of clusters of unexplained viral respiratory tract infection in Cambodia

Nary Ly, Rafal Tokarz, Nischay Mishra, Stephen Sameroff, Komal Jain, Agus Rachmat, Ung Sam An, Steven Newell, Dustin J Harrison, W Ian Lipkin

Open Access Short report

Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus G-protein coupled receptor activates the canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

Magdalena Angelova, MaryBeth Ferris, Kenneth F Swan, Harris E McFerrin, Gabriella Pridjian, Cindy A Morris, Deborah E Sullivan

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Clearly different mechanisms of enhancement of short-lived Nef-mediated viral infectivity between SIV and HIV-1

Keisuke Harada, Nobutoki Takamune, Shozo Shoji, Shogo Misumi

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Field evaluation of selected cassava genotypes for cassava brown streak disease based on symptom expression and virus load

Tadeo Kaweesi, Robert Kawuki, Vincent Kyaligonza, Yona Baguma, Geoffrey Tusiime, Morag E Ferguson

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No transmission of hepatitis E virus in pigs fed diets containing commercial spray-dried porcine plasma: a retrospective study of samples from several swine trials

Joan Pujols, Carmen Rodríguez, Nuria Navarro, Sonia Pina-Pedrero, Joy M Campbell, Joe Crenshaw, Javier Polo

Open Access Short report

Sampling variability between two mid-turbinate swabs of the same patient has implications for influenza viral load monitoring

Liesbeth Van Wesenbeeck, Hanne Meeuws, David D’Haese, Gabriela Ispas, Lieselot Houspie, Marc Van Ranst, Lieven J Stuyver

Open Access Research

Identification of VP1 peptides diagnostic of encephalomyocarditis virus from swine

Juan Bai, Xinhui Chen, Kangfu Jiang, Basit Zeshan, Ping Jiang

Open Access Research

MEK/ERK signaling pathway is required for enterovirus 71 replication in immature dendritic cells

Weifeng Shi, Xueling Hou, Hongjun Peng, Li Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, Zhiwen Gu, Qingbo Jiang, Mei Shi, Yun Ji, Jingting Jiang

Open Access Research

Identification of putative interactions between swine and human influenza A virus nucleoprotein and human host proteins

Alex Generous, Molly Thorson, Jeff Barcus, Joseph Jacher, Marc Busch, Heidi Sleister

Open Access Research

Expression pattern of NLRP3 and its related cytokines in the lung and brain of avian influenza virus H9N2 infected BALB/c mice

Meng Yu, Kaizhao Zhang, Wenbao Qi, Zhiqiang Huang, Jinhui Ye, Yongjiang Ma, Ming Liao, Zhangyong Ning

Open Access Research

New insight into HCV E1/E2 region of genotype 4a

Nehal Hussein, Abdel-Rahman N Zekri, Mohamed Abouelhoda, Hanaa M Alam El-din, Ahmed Abdelwahab Ghamry, Mahmoud A Amer, Ghada M sherif, Abeer A Bahnassy

Open Access Research

Detection and molecular characterization of porcine circovirus type 2 from piglets with Porcine Circovirus Associated Diseases in Colombia

Maria Antonia Rincón Monroy, Gloria Consuelo Ramirez-Nieto, Victor Julio Vera, Jairo Jaime Correa, Jose Dario Mogollón-Galvis

Open Access Research

Epidemiology of human parechovirus, Aichi virus and salivirus in fecal samples from hospitalized children with gastroenteritis in Hong Kong

Cyril C Y Yip, Kin-Land Lo, Tak-Lun Que, Rodney A Lee, Kwok-Hung Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Patrick C Y Woo, Susanna K P Lau

Open Access Short report

Long-term persistence of Chikungunya virus neutralizing antibodies in human populations of North Eastern Thailand

Narong Nitatpattana, Kobkan Kanjanopas, Sutee Yoksan, Wichai Satimai, Narong Vongba, Sasiporn Langdatsuwan, Khajornpong Nakgoi, Supot Ratchakum, Nadia Wauquier, Marc Souris, Prasert Auewarakul, Jean-Paul Gonzalez

Open Access Research

Serologic screenings for H7N9 from three sources among high-risk groups in the early stage of H7N9 circulation in Guangdong Province, China

Jie Wu, Lirong Zou, Hanzhong Ni, Lei Pei, Xianqiao Zeng, Lijun Liang, Haojie Zhong, Jianfeng He, Yingchao Song, Min Kang, Xin Zhang, Jinyan Lin, Changwen Ke

Open Access Research

Complete genome sequence of bacteriophage vB_YenP_AP5 which infects Yersinia enterocoliticaof serotype O:3

Carlos G Leon-Velarde, Andrew M Kropinski, Shu Chen, Arash Abbasifar, Mansel W Griffiths, Joseph A Odumeru

Open Access Research

Development of kinomic analyses to identify dysregulated signaling pathways in cells expressing cytoplasmic PrP

Rory H Shott, Cathy Appanah, Catherine Grenier, Guillaume Tremblay, Xavier Roucou, Luis M Schang

Open Access Research

Identification of an env-defective HIV-1 mutant capable of spontaneous reversion to a wild-type phenotype in certain T-cell lines

Yudong Quan, Hongtao Xu, Victor G Kramer, Yingshan Han, Richard D Sloan, Mark A Wainberg

Open Access Research

CHD1 and CHD2 are positive regulators of HIV-1 gene expression

Melissa J Rodgers, David J Banks, Kenneth A Bradley, John AT Young

Open Access Research

Transmission of H7N9 influenza virus in mice by different infective routes

Linlin Bao, Lili Xu, Hua Zhu, Wei Deng, Ting Chen, Qi Lv, Fengdi Li, Jing Yuan, Yanfeng Xu, Lan Huang, Yanhong Li, Jiangning Liu, Yanfeng Yao, Pin Yu, Honglin Chen, Chuan Qin

Open Access Research

Construction of a synthetic infectious cDNA clone of Grapevine Algerian latent virus (GALV-Nf) and its biological activity in Nicotiana benthamianaand grapevine plants

Arianna Lovato, Franco Faoro, Giorgio Gambino, Dario Maffi, Marcella Bracale, Annalisa Polverari, Luca Santi

Open Access Research

Prediction of T-cell epitopes of hepatitis C virus genotype 5a

Maemu P Gededzha, M Jeffrey Mphahlele, Selokela G Selabe

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Multiple microRNAs targeted to internal ribosome entry site against foot-and-mouth disease virus infection in vitro and in vivo

Yanyan Chang, Yongxi Dou, Huifang Bao, Xuenong Luo, Xuerong Liu, Kebin Mu, Zaixin Liu, Xiangtao Liu, Xuepeng Cai

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The genome and proteome of Serratia bacteriophage η which forms unstable lysogens

Jenna M Denyes, Peter J Krell, Richard A Manderville, Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann, Yi-Min She, Andrew M Kropinski

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The whole genome sequence of Coxsackievirus B3 MKP strain leading to myocarditis and its molecular phylogenetic analysis

Bin Liu, Zhe Li, Fengyang Xiang, Fan Li, Yang Zheng, Guoqing Wang

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Viral aetiology influenza like illnesses in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (2010–2012)

Julie Delangue, Yelin Roca Sanchez, Géraldine Piorkowski, Maël Bessaud, Cécile Baronti, Laurence Thirion-Perrier, Roxana Loayza Mafayle, Cinthia Avila Ardaya, Gabriela Añez Aguilera, Jimmy Revollo Guzman, Javier Lora Riera, Xavier de Lamballerie

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Evaluation of respiratory syncytial virus group A and B genotypes among nosocomial and community-acquired pediatric infections in southern Brazil

Fernanda de-Paris, Caroline Beck, Luciana de Souza Nunes, Alice Mombach Pinheiro, Rodrigo Minuto Paiva, Denise da Silva Menezes, Márcia Rosane Pires, Rodrigo Pires dos Santos, Ricardo de Souza Kuchenbecker, Afonso Luis Barth

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Muscovy duck reovirus p10.8 protein localizes to the nucleus via a nonconventional nuclear localization signal

Dongchun Guo, Na Qiu, Wulin Shaozhou, Xiaofei Bai, Yilong He, Qingshan Zhang, Jian Zhao, Ming Liu, Yun Zhang

Open Access Research

The “hidden” epidemic: a snapshot of Moroccan intravenous drug users

Roxana-Delia Trimbitas, Fatima Zahra Serghini, Fatiha Lazaar, Warda Baha, Abderrahim Foullous, Mohammed Essalhi, Abdelouahed El Malki, Abdelkrim Meziane Bellefquih, Abdelouaheb Bennani

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The effect of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) strains on bovine monocyte-derived dendritic cells (Mo-DC) phenotype and capacity to produce BVDV

Mrigendra KS Rajput, Mahmoud F Darweesh, Kaci Park, Lyle J Braun, Waithaka Mwangi, Alan J Young, Christopher CL Chase

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Complete genome analysis of a frog virus 3 (FV3) isolate and sequence comparison with isolates of differing levels of virulence

Elizabeth A Morrison, Shawn Garner, Pierre Echaubard, David Lesbarrères, Christopher J Kyle, Craig R Brunetti

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The molecule of DC-SIGN captures enterovirus 71 and confers dendritic cell-mediated viral trans-infection

Xiao-Xin Ren, Li Ma, Qing-Wei Liu, Chuan Li, Zhong Huang, Li Wu, Si-Dong Xiong, Jian-Hua Wang, Hai-Bo Wang

Open Access Short report

Serological report of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection among cats in Northeastern China in 2012-02 and 2013-03

Fu-Rong Zhao, Chun-Guo Liu, Xin Yin, Dong-Hui Zhou, Ping Wei, Hui-Yun Chang

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Genetic heterogeneity of hepatitis C virus cell entry receptors seems to have no influence on selection of virus variants

Maren Lipskoch, Manfred Wiese, Joerg Timm, Michael Roggendorf, Sergei Viazov

Open Access Research

Genome segment 5 of Antheraea mylitta cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus encodes a bona fide guanylyltransferase

Poulomi Biswas, Anirban Kundu, Ananta Kumar Ghosh

Open Access Case Report

First confirmation of imported dengue virus serotype 2 complete genome in urine from a Chinese traveler returning from India

Xuezheng Ma, Wei Zhen, Pengfei Yang, Xiaohong Sun, Weizhong Nie, Liping Zhang, Huanzhou Xu, Kongxin Hu

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Kinetics of pulmonary immune cells, antibody responses and their correlations with the viral clearance of influenza A fatal infection in mice

Jin Lv, Yanhong Hua, Dan Wang, Aofei Liu, Juan An, Aimin Li, Yanfeng Wang, Xiliang Wang, Na Jia, Qisheng Jiang

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Activation of the PKR/eIF2α signaling cascade inhibits replication of Newcastle disease virus

Shilei Zhang, Yingjie Sun, Hongjun Chen, Yabin Dai, Yuan Zhan, Shengqing Yu, Xusheng Qiu, Lei Tan, Cuiping Song, Chan Ding

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Effective suppression of Dengue virus using a novel group-I intron that induces apoptotic cell death upon infection through conditional expression of the Bax C-terminal domain

James R Carter, James H Keith, Tresa S Fraser, James L Dawson, Cheryl A Kucharski, Kate M Horne, Stephen Higgs, Malcolm J Fraser Jr