Observations on host range and control of goose virus hepatitis

Broadbean wilt virus - identification,host range and distribution in the fars province of iran

Expanding Host Range and Cross-Species Infection of Hepatitis E Virus

Hepatitis E is an important public health disease [1]. Although the mortality rate is less than 1% in the general population, it can reach up to 25% in infected pregnant women. According to the World Health Organization, each year an estimated 20 million infections occur worldwide resulting in>3 million symptomatic cases and 56,600 hepatitis E-related deaths (http:// www.who.int/mediacentre/fac...

Host range mutants of polyoma virus.

A line of polyoma-transformed mouse cells has been isolated which is fully susceptible to lytic infection by polyoma virus. This line has been used to select virus mutants which have lost most or all of their ability to grow in the untransformed parental line while retaining the ability to grow in the transformed derivative. These virus mutants are also defective in their ability to transform c...

Hepatitis C virus and skin

Nowadays viral hepatitis is one of the most common and important causes of chronic liver disorders in the world. Extrahepatic manifestations of viral hepatitis consist a main part of the disease. The main viruses causing hepatitis include Hepatitis A, B and C viruses. Herein common skin manifestations in hepatitis C virus (HCV) are discussed. Chronic hepatitis causes skin disorders both directl...

New hepatitis B virus of cranes that has an unexpected broad host range.

All hepadnaviruses known so far have a very limited host range, restricted to their natural hosts and a few closely related species. This is thought to be due mainly to sequence divergence in the large envelope protein and species-specific differences in host components essential for virus propagation. Here we report an infection of cranes with a novel hepadnavirus, designated CHBV, that has an...