Sporadic Hepatitis A Virus PCR False-Positive Results Observed during Reflex Testing of Serum Samples Previously Tested for Anti-HAV Antibodies and Caused by Contamination with HAV RNA Present in the Reagents of the Commercial Anti-HAV Immunoassay [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Hepatitis A diagnosis relies on serology and occasionally on hepatitis A virus (HAV) RNA detection. For timely diagnosis and the avoidance of drawing additional blood, molecular testing is often performed as reflex testing by using blood specimens that ...
Mario Poljak +2 more
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Azathioprine Inhibits Hepatitis A Virus Replication In Vitro [PDF]
PathogensHepatitis A virus (HAV) infection can occasionally cause acute severe hepatitis. Patients with this disease sometimes need to undergo liver transplantation with immunosuppressants.
Tatsuo Kanda +11 more
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Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, 2019 Artikeln bedriver en litteraturhistoriskt orienterad läsning av Josefine Klougarts Om mørke (2013). Artikeln argumenterar för att Klougarts roman stilistiskt och strukturellt är inspirerad av Virginia Woolfs författarskap, och att Klougart skriver in sig
Henrik Johnsson
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Viruses, 2022 The family Hepeviridae comprises the species Orthohepevirus A–D (HEV-A to -D). HEV-C genotype 1 (HEV-C1, rat HEV) is able to infect humans. This study investigated whether an optimized HEV-A cell culture system is able to propagate the cell culture ...
Mathias Schemmerer +2 more
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Enteric viral hepatitis in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Southern Vietnam)
Журнал инфектологии, 2021 Aim: To study the hepatitis A (HAV) and hepatitis Е (HEV) prevalence in the Southern region of Vietnam based on the frequency analysis of the antibodies to hepatitis A and E viruses detection in the local population and groups at increased risk of ...
Yu. V. Ostankova +8 more
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No Evidence for Orthohepevirus C in Archived Human Samples in Germany, 2000–2020
Viruses, 2022 Orthohepevirus C1, also known as rat hepatitis E virus (HEV), has been shown to sporadically cause disease in immunocompromised and immunocompetent adults. While routine serological assays vary in reactivity, rat HEV is not detected in routine HEV RT-PCR.
Mirko Faber +4 more
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Pathogenicity and virulence of hepatitis A virus
Virulence, 2021 Hepatitis A is an acute infection of the liver, which is mostly asymptomatic in children and increases the severity with age. Although in most patients the infection resolves completely, in a few of them it may follow a prolonged or relapsed course or ...
Rosa M Pintó +6 more
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Hepatitis a virus genotypes and strains from an endemic area of Europe, Bulgaria 2012–2014
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is endemic in Eastern European and Balkan region countries. In 2012, Bulgaria showed the highest rate (67.13 cases per 100,000) in Europe.
Roberto Bruni +12 more
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Cell Culture Systems and Drug Targets for Hepatitis A Virus Infection
Viruses, 2020 Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is one of the major causes of acute hepatitis, and this infection occasionally causes acute liver failure. HAV infection is associated with HAV-contaminated food and water as well as sexual transmission among men who ...
Tatsuo Kanda +5 more
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Multiplex polymerase chain reaction test for the diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis A [PDF]
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2012 Background/AimsThe early diagnosis of acute hepatitis A (AHA) is hindered because serum IgM against hepatitis A virus (HAV) can yield false-negative results during the window period.
Nae-Yun Heo +4 more
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