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A Nomogram for Predicting BK Virus Activation in Kidney Transplantation Recipients Using Clinical Risk Factors [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BK virus is a common opportunistic viral infection that could cause BK virus-associated nephropathy in renal transplant recipients. Thus, we retrospectively analyzed clinical and laboratory data associated with a higher risk of BK virus activation from ...
Jiyan Wang +14 more
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Diversity in Proprotein Convertase Reactivity among Human Papillomavirus Types
Viruses, 2023 The cleavage of viral surface proteins by furin is associated with some viruses’ high virulence and infectivity. The human papillomavirus (HPV) requires the proteolytic processing of its capsid proteins for activation before entry.
Gonzalo Izaguirre +5 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease with characteristic skin manifestations. Several pathogens can cause flare‐ups of psoriasis. The risks of skin infections are increased in patients receiving immunomodulators.
Wu‐Feng Hsieh +5 more
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Respiratory epithelium: Place of entry and / or defense against SARS-CoV-2 virus [PDF]
Praxis Medica, 2021 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is caused by the RNA virus SARS-CoV-2. The primary receptor for the virus is most likely Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), and the virus enters the body by infecting epithelial cells of the respiratory tract.
Leštarević Snežana +8 more
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Polymerase Activity of Pichinde Virus [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 1974 Pichinde virus, a member of the arenavirus group, was examined for polymerase activity. Purified virus was found to contain RNA-dependent RNA polymerase but not RNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity. Since RNase but neither DNase nor actinomycin D inhibited the endogenous polymerase reaction, RNA of the virus appeared to be used as the ...
M F, Carter, N, Biswal, W E, Rawls
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Hepatitis B screening rates and reactivation in solid organ malignancy patients undergoing chemotherapy in Southern Thailand [PDF]
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2019 Background/Aims Hepatitis B virus reactivation (HBVr) following chemotherapy (CMT) is well-known among hematologic malignancies, and screening recommendations are established. However, HBVr data in solid organ malignancy (SOM) patients are limited.
Ratchapong Laiwatthanapaisan +7 more
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Evidence for Ebola Virus Superantigen Activity [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 2011 Zaire Ebola virus (ZEBOV) is the most lethal Ebola virus species and one of the most virulent human pathogens, causing a severe hemorrhagic fever syndrome that ends in the death of 90% of symptomatic patients within a few days (11). ZEBOV caused numerous human outbreaks in Central Africa between 1976 and 2008 and also devastated wild populations of ...
Leroy, Eric +3 more
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Activation of Inflammasome during Bluetongue Virus Infection
Pathogens, 2023 Bluetongue virus (BTV), a double-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Sedoreoviridae family, provokes an economically important disease in ruminants.
Marie Pourcelot +5 more
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Regulation of PI3K/Akt dependent apoptotic markers during b virus infection of human and macaque fibroblasts. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 B virus (Macacine herpesvirus 1), a simplex virus endemic in macaques, causes encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, and death in 80% of untreated zoonotically infected humans with delayed or no treatment.
Mugdha Vasireddi, Julia K Hilliard
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Differential activation of human neutrophils by SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 The emerging SARS-CoV-2 virus has affected the entire world with over 600 million confirmed cases and 6.5 million deaths as of September 2022. Since the beginning of the pandemic, several variants of SARS-CoV-2 have emerged, with different infectivity ...
Samuel Lebourgeois +19 more
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