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An adolescent with fever, headache, and myalgias
21 December 2011
A 17-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department in February 2011 with a five day history of fever (maximum temperature of 104°F [40°C]) and malaise, diffuse myalgias, frontal headache, and pr...
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Virginia M. Pierce,
Richard L. Hodinka
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93-96
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Ten years of human metapneumovirus research
10 November 2011
Abstract: Described for the first time in 2001, human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has become one of the main viral pathogens responsible for acute respiratory tract infections in children but also in the e...
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F. Feuillet,
B. Lina,
M. Rosa-Calatrava,
G. Boivin
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97-105
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Establishing diagnostic cut-off criteria for the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Qualitative test through validation against the Amplicor DNA test v1.5 for infant diagnosis using dried blood spots
23 December 2011
Abstract: Background: As antibody testing cannot confirm HIV-1 infection in children less than 18 months of age, diagnosis in these children depends on nucleic acid testing. The COBAS® AmpliPrep/COBAS...
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Jean Maritz,
Wolfgang Preiser,
Gert U. van Zyl
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106-109
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HCV core antigen testing in HIV- and HBV-coinfected patients, and in HCV-infected patients on hemodialysis
16 December 2011
Abstract: Background: A quantitative HCV core antigen (HCVcoreAg) immunoassay has been developed for the confirmation of viremia in patients with hepatitis C. Objectives: We evaluated the correlation ...
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Ingmar Mederacke,
Andrej Potthoff,
Dirk Meyer-Olson,
Matthias Meier,
Regina Raupach,
Michael P. Manns,
Heiner Wedemeyer,
Hans Ludger Tillmann
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110-115
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HPV genotypes and their prognostic significance in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas
16 December 2011
Abstract: Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been reported in up to 50% of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs). Presence of HPV in HNSCC has been associated with more favorable pro...
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Jaana Rautava,
Jonna Kuuskoski,
Kari Syrjänen,
Reidar Grenman,
Stina Syrjänen
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116-120
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Comparison of Abbott RealTime High Risk HPV and Hybrid Capture 2 for the detection of high-risk HPV DNA in a referral population setting
24 November 2011
Abstract: Background: The Abbott RealTime High Risk HPV assay (ART) is an automated multiplex real-time PCR test for detection of DNA from 14 high risk (HR) HPV types in cervical specimens and simulta...
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Simona Venturoli,
Elisa Leo,
Martina Nocera,
Daniela Barbieri,
Monica Cricca,
Silvano Costa,
Donatella Santini,
Marialuisa Zerbini
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121-124
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Molecular epidemiology of a large community-based outbreak of hepatitis B in Bristol, UK
14 November 2011
Abstract: Background: A large outbreak of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the UK occurred between 2001 and 2005 in Bristol, UK. Objectives: To identify HBV strains circulating amongst risk groups...
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Monique I. Andersson,
Nicola Low,
Charles J. Irish,
David Carrington,
Matthew Hickman,
Richard Myers,
Chong-Gee Teo,
Samreen Ijaz
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125-129
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Molecular characterization of a novel entecavir mutation pattern isolated from a multi-drug refractory patient with chronic hepatitis B infection
11 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Prolonged antiviral treatment results in selection and accumulation of resistant strains in quasispecies pool in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Objectives: The aim of this st...
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Ersin Karatayli,
Senem C. Karatayli,
Kubilay Cinar,
Selma Gokahmetoglu,
Kadri Güven,
Ramazan Idilman,
Cihan Yurdaydin,
A. Mithat Bozdayi
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130-134
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The dominance of human coronavirus OC43 and NL63 infections in infants
21 December 2011
Abstract: Background: It is unknown to what extent the human coronaviruses (HCoVs) OC43, HKU1, 229E and NL63 infect healthy children. Frequencies of infections are only known for hospitalized children...
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Ronald Dijkman,
Maarten F. Jebbink,
Eleanor Gaunt,
John W.A. Rossen,
Kate E. Templeton,
Taco W. Kuijpers,
Lia van der Hoek
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135-139
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Genomic signatures and antiviral drug susceptibility profile of A(H1N1)pdm09
16 December 2011
Abstract: Background: Genetic changes in influenza surface and internal genes can alter viral fitness and virulence. Mutation trend analysis and antiviral drug susceptibility profiling of A(H1N1)pdm09...
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Marta Tiago Gíria,
Helena Rebelo de Andrade,
Luís André Santos,
Vanessa Martins Correia,
Sónia Vicente Pedro,
Madalena Almeida Santos
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140-144
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Molecular typing of adenoviruses in pediatric respiratory infections in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1999–2010)
05 December 2011
Abstract: Background: The human adenovirus (HAdV) types most commonly found in respiratory samples belong to HAdV species C (HAdV-C1, -C2, -C5, and -C6) and to HAdV species B (HAdV-B3 and -B7). Severa...
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P.R. Barrero,
L.E. Valinotto,
E. Tittarelli,
A.S. Mistchenko
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145-150
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Quantitation of human herpesvirus-6A, -6B and -7 DNAs in whole blood, mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cell fractions from healthy blood donors
02 December 2011
Abstract: Background: Diagnosis of human herpesvirus-6A (HHV-6A), -6B (HHV-6B) or -7 (HHV-7) infections is often based on the measure of viral load in blood. Objectives: The aim of this study was to d...
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Bastien Géraudie,
Mélinda Charrier,
Pascale Bonnafous,
Delphine Heurté,
Marion Desmonet,
Marc-Antoine Bartoletti,
Cécile Penasse,
Henri Agut,
Agnès Gautheret-Dejean
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151-155
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Hantavirus and acute appendicitis—The diagnosis behind the diagnosis?
12 December 2011
Abstract: A 33-year-old man with a history of acute lower abdominal pain was admitted to the emergency room. After laparoscopic appendectomy and pathological confirmed acute appendicitis the patient d...
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Joerg Latus,
Matthias Fritzenkötter,
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit,
Klara Tenner-Racz,
Tobias Leibold,
Martin Kimmel,
German Ott,
Evelyn Ting,
Mark Dominik Alscher,
Niko Braun
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156-158
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Parotitis associated with Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
14 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a potentially fatal tick-borne viral disease, the course of which may accompanied by various clinical findings. Objectives: We describe ...
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Selçuk Kaya,
Gurdal Yilmaz,
Barış Ertunç,
Iftihar Koksal
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159-161
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Hepatitis E in three immunocompromized children in southeastern France
19 December 2011
Abstract: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes an emerging autochthonous disease in developed countries where links with a viral porcine reservoir have been evidenced. Moreover, chronic HEV infection and as...
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Anne Motte,
Bertrand Roquelaure,
Claire Galambrun,
Fanette Bernard,
Christine Zandotti,
Philippe Colson
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162-166
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Real-time PCR versus viral culture on urine as a gold standard in the diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection
16 December 2011
Abstract: Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common cause of congenital infection. Whereas CMV PCR has replaced viral culture and antigen detection in immunocompromised patients b...
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Jutte J.C. de Vries,
Annemiek A. van der Eijk,
Katja C. Wolthers,
Lisette G. Rusman,
Suzan D. Pas,
Richard Molenkamp,
Eric C. Claas,
Aloys C.M. Kroes,
Ann C.T.M. Vossen
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An outbreak of severe respiratory tract infection due to human metapneumovirus in a long-term care facility for the elderly in Oregon
11 November 2011
Abstract: Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) was demonstrated to be responsible for an outbreak of acute respiratory tract infection with high morbidity and mortality among residents of a long-term care fac...
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Robert S. Liao,
Dianna M. Appelgate,
Robert K. Pelz
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171-173
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Dynamic changes in HCV RNA levels and viral quasispecies in a patient with chronic hepatitis C after telaprevir-based treatment
06 December 2011
Abstract: Background: Telaprevir is a selective inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus NS3·4A serine protease. Treatment with telaprevir resulted in a rapid HCV-RNA decline in chronic hepatitis C genotype...
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Joep de Bruijne,
James C. Sullivan,
Tara L. Kieffer,
Martyn Botfield,
Ben Shames,
Janke Schinkel,
Richard Molenkamp,
Christine Weegink,
Henk Reesink
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174-177
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Natural presence of NS3 protease R155K hepatitis C virus variants with decreased sensitivity to protease inhibitors
14 November 2011
Hepatitis C virus NS3/4A serine protease inhibitors (HCV-PIs) increase substantially the rates of sustained virological response in HCV genotype 1 infections in association with the current standard o...
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Philippe Colson,
Raj Purgus,
Patrick Borentain,
René Gérolami
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178-180
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Erratum to “Standardization and performance evaluation of “modified” and “ultrasensitive” versions of the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 assay, adapted to quantify minimal residual viremia” [J. Clin. Virol. 52 (2011) 17–22]
16 December 2011
The publisher regrets a typesetter error that resulted in the introduction in page 21, second column, lines 2, 4 and 5 of the numbers 252, 255 and 256 in the text. These numbers are not part of the te...
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Alessandra Amendola,
Maria Bloisi,
Patrizia Marsella,
Rosella Sabatini,
Angela Bibbò,
Claudio Angeletti,
Maria Rosaria Capobianchi
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