The term "latency" is often applied to infections caused by herpesviruses, wherein viral replication and disease manifestations appear concordantly after long intervals of silence. In the case of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), an asymptomatic period of "clinical latency" can intervene between infection and the development of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Freedom from ...

Current evidence on the role of viruses in the causation of psychiatric illness is reviewed. Herpes simplex encephalitis is relatively well defined but a wider role for this virus, particularly in relation to affective disorders, is suggested by some Scandinavian surveys of antibody titres in psychiatric populations. The extent to which influenzal illnesses and infectious mononucleosis may lead...

viral myocarditis is a common cardiovascular disease, which has greatly threatened human health. however, up to now, the pathogenesis of viral myocarditis has been unclear, which leads to the lack of its effective treatments. to investigate the role of chemokines in pathogenesis of viral myocarditis, mrna expression for a panel of 19 chemokines detected by rt-pcr in myocardial tissue of balb/c ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Recently there has been an increased concern over viral respiratory infections and their potential for a pandemic. This concern makes it important to review the most current guidelines for the management of viral respiratory diseases in pregnancy. RECENT FINDINGS The topics covered are influenza, avian influenza, and severe acute respiratory syndrome. SUMMARY Pregnant wome...

Introduction: What causes appendicitis is not known; however, studies have suggested a relationship between viral diseases and appendicitis. Building on evidence of cyclic patterns of appendicitis with apparent outbreaks consistent with an infectious etiology, we undertook an epidemiologic study of possible relationships between population rates of appendicitis and several infectious diseases. ...

hepatomegaly, decrease in the liver paranchymal echo and increase in the gallbladder wall thickness has been shown in acute viral hepatitis. the present study was done to determine sonographic changes in acute viral hepatitis. we performed liver and bile ducts sonography and specific tests on 42 patients (mean age: 31.5 and 61% male) with acute viral hepatitis. gallbladder wall thickness was se...

there are many effective chemothereutic agents used in influenza disease which some of them inhibit virus replication by interfering with fluv (influenza virus) viral binding or its penetration into cell membrane. a series of polyoxometalates compounds such as pom-523 and pm-504 have been synthesized and have showed inhibitory effects on viruses. in this study we examined anti influenza activit...

conclusions given the non-specific symptoms of these viruses and the high prevalence of viral diarrhea in our region, more laboratories should be equipped for virus detection and vaccination might be considered as a prevention strategy. results rotavirus was identified in 347 patients out of 827 (42%), adenovirus was detected in 76 (9%) of samples and 34 (4%) of patients had rotavirus-adenoviru...

Background: Long-term and intensive physical exercise can change the function of different cells in the immune system in athletes, predisposing them to viral infections such as coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The purpose of this brief report was to provide protocols related to the immune system in athletes to prevent infectious diseases. Methods: To examine immune system res...

background due to a recent alarming increase in the number of hiv-hcv co-infected patients in romania. objectives a cross sectional study was conducted to assess the baseline predictors of liver disease evolution. patients and methods 83 hiv-hcv co-infected patients, untreated for hcv infection, were evaluated for viral replication, liver fibrosis (estimated by a noninvasive marker - fib4), and...