A New Metabolism-Related Index Correlates with the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Patients by Hirayuki Enomoto, Nobuhiro Aizawa, Hideji Nakamura, Ryo Takata, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Yoshinori Iwata, Hironori Tanaka, Naoto Ikeda, Tomoko Aoki, Kunihiro Hasegawa, Kazunori Yoh, Kenji Hashimoto, Akio Ishii, Tomoyuki Takashima, Masaki Saito, Hiroyasu Imanishi, Hiroko Iijima, Shuhei Nishiguchi

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the relevance of an index obtained from three metabolic variables (glycated albumin: GA, glycated hemoglobin: HbA1c, and branched-chain amino acids to tyrosine ratio: BTR) to the degree of liver fibrosis in hepatitis C virus virus- (HCV-) positive patients. Methods. A total of 394 HCV-positive patients were assessed based on the values of a new index (GA/HbA1c/BTR). …”
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Three Species of Pet Birds in Northwest China by Wei Cong, Qing-Feng Meng, Xiao-Feng Shan, Wu-Wen Sun, Si-Yuan Qin, Xiao-Xuan Zhang, Si-Yang Huang, Ai-Dong Qian

“…Hepatitis E virus (HEV), the causative agent of hepatitis E, has been reported in a wide variety of animals, including birds, but little is known of HEV infection in pet birds in northwest China. …”
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Acute Cholestatic Hepatitis A Virus Infection Presenting with Hemolytic Anemia and Renal Failure: A Case Report by Robert T. Lapp, Fedja Rochling

“…Hepatitis A virus is the most common acute viral hepatitis worldwide with approximately 1.5 million cases annually. …”
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Highly Effective Ex Vivo Gene Manipulation to Study Kidney Development Using Self-Complementary Adenoassociated Viruses by Tie-Lin Chen, Hong-Lian Wang, Yun-Hong Liu, Yin Fang, Rui-Zhi Tan, Pu-Hui Zhou, Qin Zhou, Xiao-Yan Lv

“…Here we systemically compared eight different serotypes of pseudotyped self-complementary adenoassociated viruses (scAAVs) transduction in cultured embryonic kidney with a modified culture procedure. …”
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Influenza A virus vaccine research conducted in swine from 1990 to May 2018: A scoping review. by Sheila Keay, Zvonimir Poljak, Mackenzie Klapwyk, Annette O'Connor, Robert M Friendship, Terri L O'Sullivan, Jan M Sargeant

“…<h4>Background</h4>Influenza A viruses of swine (IAV-S) are a global zoonotic and economic concern. …”
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Clinical and post-mortem signs in European wild boars and domestic pigs infected with African swine fever virus by S. G. Remyga, A. S. Pershin, I. V. Shevchenko, A. S. Igolkin, A. A. Shevtsov

“…The paper covers comparative assessment of clinical and postmortem signs in wild boars and domestic pigs infected with one and the same epizootic isolate of African swine fever virus. In addition, a model has been developed to demonstrate the disease spread under conditions comparable to those on a pig farm. …”
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First Isolation and Characterization of Feline Panleukopenia Virus From Wild Raccoon Dogs in the Residential Area of Shanghai, China by Chen Chen, Jin Tao, Ling Tang, Tong Sun, Zhuyun Sun, Huan Xu, Shuaitao Deng, Cheng Xue, Xing Ji, Rui Wang, Hongjun Chen

Subjects: “…feline panleukopenia virus…”
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Antimicrobial resistance, virulence gene profiling, and genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Mazandaran, Iran by Ghazaleh Elahi, Hamid Reza Goli, Morvarid Shafiei, Vajihe Sadat Nikbin, Mehrdad Gholami

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Development of a one-step multiplex RT-qPCR method for rapid detection of bovine diarrhea viruses by Dequan Yang, Li Ma, Zhongping Yang, Xianchao Yang, Jian Wang, Houbin Ju, Chunguang Lu, Yonggang Weng, Heping Zhao, Haixiao Shen, Xin Li, Feifei Ge, Xiaoxu Wang, Xiujuan Wu, Meng Xiang, Guidan Feng, Congsheng Tang, Shixin Huang, Hongjin Zhao

“…However, development of accurate and rapid methods to distinguish these three viruses is helpful for the early detection, disease surveillance, and control of viral calf diarrhea.MethodsSpecific primers and minor groove binder (MGB)-based probes were designed targeting the 3D region of BKoV, ORF1 region of BoAstV, and N region of BToV. …”
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Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri requires a polyketide cyclase to activate the type III secretion system for virulence by Shuying Zhu, Siyu Wu, Yanmin Liu, Zaibao Zhang, Huasong Zou

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Clinical signs, molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of sheep and goat pox viruses in sheep in Mosul city, Iraq by Mohammad A. Altaliby, Sadam D. Hasan, Thabit M. Omar, Qaes T. Alsarhan

“…The genus capripox viruses, including sheep and goat pox viruses, represent one earnest pox infection with remarkable economic importance in animal farms. …”
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Identification and subcellular localization of proteins that interact with Duck plague virus pUL14 in infected host cells by Jieyu Wan, Mingshu Wang, Anchun Cheng, Wei Zhang, Qiao Yang, Bin Tian, Xumin Ou, Di Sun, Yu He, Xinxin Zhao, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Zhen Wu, YanLing Yu, Ling Zhang, Dekang Zhu, Renyong Jia, Mafeng Liu, Shun Chen

“…Duck plague (DP), which is caused by duck plague virus (DPV), is an infectious disease that severely harms the waterfowl breeding industry. …”
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, Cytomegalovirus, and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses in Multitransfused Thalassemic Children in Upper Egypt by Ramadan A. Mahmoud, Abdel-Azeem M. El-Mazary, Ashraf Khodeary

“…The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) in thalassemic children attending the Pediatrics Departments of both Sohag and Minia Universities of Upper Egypt, during the period from May 2014 to May 2015. …”
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BV/ODV-E26 is a conserved baculoviral inhibitory factor for optimizing viral virulence in lepidopteran hosts by Hiroyuki Hikida, Ryuhei Kokusho, Susumu Katsuma

“…Collectively, our findings demonstrate that bv/odv-e26 is a baculoviral inhibitory factor that is widely conserved in the genus alphabaculovirus and may reduce viral virulence for successful host behavioral manipulation.…”
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Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on Pathogenity of White Spot Syndrome Virus in Giant Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon Fab.) by M. Subkhan, M. Alifuddin, A. Taslihan

“… This experiment was conducted to examine the effect of UV irradiation on pathogenity of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon Fab.).  …”
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T7 DNA polymerase treatment improves quantitative sequencing of both double-stranded and single-stranded DNA viruses by Billaud, Maud, Theodorou, Ilias, Lamy-Besnier, Quentin, Shah, Shiraz A., Lecointe, François, De Sordi, Luisa, De Paepe, Marianne, Petit, Marie-Agnès

“…Bulk microbiome, as well as virome-enriched shotgun sequencing only reveals the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) content of a given sample, unless specific treatments are applied. However, genomes of viruses often consist of a circular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecule. …”
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Retrospective Study Investigating the Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Hepatitis B Virus Precore and Basal Core Promoter Variants by Meaghan O’Brien, Adara Casselman, Gerry Smart, Ainsley Gretchen, Kelly Kaita, Kamran Kadkhoda

“…BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore (PC) and basal core promoter (BCP) variants are well known; however, their prevalence in North America is unclear, especially among hepatitis B e antigen-negative patients.…”
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Prevalence and clinical profile of hepatitis C virus infections in multitransfused thalassemic patients in the capital twin cities of Pakistan by Z. Z. Piracha, U. Saeed, R. Uppal, M. R. Uppal, A. Ahmad Khan, M. Abdullah, K. Mari, A. Basra, S. S. Gilani, M. N. Tariq, D. U. Ozsahin, B. Uzun, I. Ozsahin

Subjects: “…hepatitis C virus…”
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Prevalence of Anti-JC Virus (JCV) Antibodies in the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Population in Cyprus: A Retrospective Study by Sakis Lambrianides, Christiana A. Demetriou, Andis Tillyris, Elena Kkolou, Eftychia Gaglia, Eleni Agkastinioti, Eleni Leonidou, Yiolanda-Panayiota Christou, Savvas S. Papacostas, Kleopas A. Kleopa, Theodoros Kyriakides, Marios Pantzaris

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Threshold Dynamics and Competitive Exclusion in a Virus Infection Model with General Incidence Function and Density-Dependent Diffusion by Xiaosong Tang, Zhiwei Wang, Jianping Yang

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