Hepatitis C virus-RNA
Quantification of C4d deposition and hepatitis C virus RNA in tissue in cases of graft rejection and hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation
... titis C (Jain et ...HCV RNA levels and the recurrence of hepatitis C have indicated that the determination of serum HCV RNA can also be used to discriminate between these two diagnoses ...
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Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Saliva Samples from Patients with Seric Anti-HCV Antibodies
... HCV RNA positivity [4]; whereas in another publication, oral sponges (Salivette and Omnisal) were used, but the authors were unable to detect HCV RNA in the saliva of HCV and HIV coinfected patients ...HCV ...
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Visualization and measurement of ATP levels in living cells replicating hepatitis C virus genome RNA.
... HCV RNA-replicating cells in which membrane-associated RCs are formed through the interaction of viral proteins, including NS5A, and cellular ...HCV RNA titers in cells corresponding to the left panel were ...
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DIAGNOSIS OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS IN BRAZILIAN BLOOD DONORS USING A REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION: COMPARISON WITH ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY AND RECOMBINANT PROTEIN IMMUNOBLOT ASSAY
... Vírus C (HCV) em transfusões de hemocomponentes, utiliza-se rotineiramente, como testes de triagem de doadores de sangue, ensaios que detectam anticorpos anti- HCV e dosagens da enzima alanina-aminotransferase ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.46 número1
... Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic response of hepatitis C in patients coinfected with human immunodeiciency virus (HIV-1). Methods: A retrospective study of 20 ...
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PRIMARY SCREENING OF BLOOD DONORS BY NAT TESTING FOR HCV-RNA: DEVELOPMENT OF AN “IN-HOUSE” METHOD AND RESULTS
... An “in-house” RT-PCR method was developed that allows the simultaneous detection of the RNA of the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and an artificial RNA employed as an external control. Samples ...
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Psychosis during peginterferon-alpha2a and ribavirin therapy: case report
... There is another report of a young woman, with previous schizophrenic psychosis, who was treated with IFN plus ribavirin therapy for chronic aggressive hepatitis C. Her psychiatric status was monitored ...
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UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL
... O mesmo grupo rapidamente desenvolveu testes serológicos baseados na obtenção de proteínas recombinantes dos vírus GBV-A e GBV-B para estudos de seroprevalência. Soro humano de indivíduos considerados em risco de ...
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Virus analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma "non-A, non-C" and hepatitis B virus.
... Nos 42 paciente acometidos (35 homens e 7 mulheres), onde 5 têm antecedentes transfusionais, os 3 vírus citados foram pesquisados por biologia molecular no soro e no tecido hepático. Um grupo de 42 pessoas, sem doença ...
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Active RNA replication of hepatitis C virus downregulates CD81 expression.
... JFH1 RNA genome containing a Bla gene inserted at the ...JFH1 RNA, 420Bla genome produced accumulative amounts of viral RNAs as well as viral proteins core, NS3, and NS5A up to 48 hr post-transfection ...
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The use of non-human primates as animal models for the study of hepatitis viruses
... of hepatitis C, the high degree of genetic heterogeneity of HCV raises con- cerns about its ...of hepatitis occurred even when the subsequent chal- lenge was done with the same virus as used ...
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SEXUAL TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS
... Another hypothetical mode of HCV acquisition would be through the sexual route, especially if we consider that having an HCV-RNA- positive spouse (index case) and having a history of STD were more frequent in the ...
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Karla P Souza, Jônio A Luz, Sheila A Teles, Megmar AS Carneiro, Luciana A Oliveira, Adriane S Gomes, Márcia A Dias, Selma A Gomes, Clara FT Yoshida, Regina MB Martins+
... of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, to analyze associated risk factors, and also to investigate these viruses genotypes ...markers. Hepatitis B ...
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Impacto clínico-histológico da infecção oculta pelo vírus da hepatite B em portadores crônicos do vírus da hepatite C
... Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is defined by the presence of HBV-DNA by PCR in serum or liver tissue samples from HBsAg-negative ...that hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriers who ...
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Evaluation of canonical siRNA and dicer substrate RNA for inhibition of hepatitis C virus genome replication: a comparative study
... the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which is responsible for the cleavage of mRNA in a sequence-specific ...stranded RNA (dsRNA) by DICER endonuclease ...that RNA interference can ef- ficiently ...
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Análise do efeito in vitro de acridonas na replicação do Vírus da Hepatite C
... Hepatitis C, caused by Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), affects about 170 million people ...stranded RNA genome that codifies a polyprotein, which is cleaved by host and viral proteases, ...
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Molecular biology and clinical implication of hepatitis C virus
... Hepatitis C virus (HCV) was first described in 1989 as the putative viral agent of non-A non-B ...active hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepato- cellular ...positive RNA virus with a ...
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Geographic distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in Brazil
... of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes is expected to ...HCV- RNA was extracted from serum and submitted to RT and nested PCR using standard ...
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New preclinical antimalarial drugs potently inhibit hepatitis C virus genotype 1b RNA replication.
... HCV-O/RLGE RNA [19] were treated with N-89 (left panel) and N-251 (right panel) for 72 hrs, followed by real-time LightCycler PCR (black circles in the upper panel) and WST-1 assay (open triangles in the upper ...
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The presence of Helicobacter pylori in the liver depends on the Th1, Th17 and Treg cytokine profile of the patient
... Detection of Helicobacter in the liver fragments - For Helicobacter isolation, liver fragments were ground in 0.5 mL brain heart infusion (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, MI) in a glass tissue grinder, inoculated onto ...
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