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The woodchuck was selected to study the efficacy of liver-targeted antiviral drugs on hepadnavirus replication. Nineteen woodchucks chronically infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus were treated with adenine arabinoside monophosphate or acyclovir monophosphate, either free or conjugated with the

A conjugate of adenine arabinoside monophosphate (ara-AMP) with the liver-targeting molecule lactosaminated human serum albumin (L-HSA) was administered by intravenous infusion for 28 days to eight patients with chronic type B hepatitis. The daily dose varied among the patients, ranging from 34

Patients with severe hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT) present an ominous prognosis, rarely achieving sustained virological response (SVR). Dialysis procedures may transiently decrease the HCV viral load, but the effect of albumin dialysis is currently unknown.

OBJECTIVE The data on the prevalence and predictors of significant fibrosis (≥F2, METAVIR) in chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) patients with low viremia are limited. We aimed to assess both the prevalence predictors of ≥F2 fibrosis in hepatitis B envelope antigen-negative patients with HBV DNA

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in hemodialysis (HD) is a significant problem. We evaluated the prevalence and associations of HCV viremia in our HD patients. All patients undergoing maintenance HD at our center were tested for HCV RNA by PCR after written informed consent. Detailed history

Several macromolecular homeostasis-regulating mechanisms were tested for functional integrities in mice during acute and early chronic phases of infection with lactic dehydrogenase-elevating virus (LDV). Fractional catabolic rates of carbodiimide-aggregated albumin and immunoglobulin G were studied

Vidarabine (ara A) produces severe dose-dependent side-effects. To examine whether its monophosphate ester (ara-AMP) can be effective in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B when given in reduced dosage as a conjugate with lactosaminated human serum albumin (L-HSA), which selectively enters

BACKGROUND Pre-analytical sample processing is often overlooked as a potential cause of inaccurate assay results. Here we demonstrate how plasma, extracted from standard EDTA-containing blood collection tubes, may contain traces of blood cells consequently resulting in a false low-level HIV-1 viral

BACKGROUND Alemtuzumab (Campath-1H), a monoclonal antibody that targets the CD52 antigen, has been approved for the treatment of fludarabine-refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. However, the profound immunosuppression caused by alemtuzumab has been associated with infectious

BACKGROUND Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) antagonists are effective for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but concerns remain about the safety of these agents in the presence of chronic infections, including hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy agents (TSA) or prions induce neurodegenerative diseases in humans and animals. Their nature is still unknown, even if the main component of infectivity is identified as an abnormal isoform of a host-encoded protein, the prion protein (PrP). Today, no

BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of liver-related mortality in people living with HIV, where co-infection with hepatotropic viruses accelerates the course of chronic liver disease. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade, a more accurate marker of

We analysed the early viremia and clinical tests in 82 patients with epidemic hemorrhagic fever (EHF). The results showed that the changes in viremia and clinical tests are related to the severity of the disease and prognosis. Higher concentrations of the virus in infected patients might cause a

Turkey poults inoculated with plasma obtained from turkeys affected with lymphoproliferative disease (LPD) developed typical lymphoproliferative lesions in the pancreas, spleen and thymus, 3 and 6 weeks post infection. Virus-associated reverse transcriptase activity in plasma reached a significant

Whether infection with influenza B virus alters hepatic function was examined in the ferret. Also, the possibility that viral-specific antibodies (Ab) could be produced well before their detection in serum was explored. During the febrile period of influenza, reductions in the serum potassium, anion