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Viruses, Volume 6, Issue 7

2014 July - 17 articles

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Articles (17)

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
9,177 Views
39 Pages

23 July 2014

To get access to the replication site, small non-enveloped DNA viruses have to cross the cell membrane using a limited number of capsid proteins, which also protect the viral genome in the extracellular environment. Most of DNA viruses have to reach...

  • Review
  • Open Access
228 Citations
18,341 Views
32 Pages

22 July 2014

In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about the membranous replication factories of members of plus-strand (+) RNA viruses. We discuss primarily the architecture of these complex membrane rearrangements, because this topic emerged in the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,748 Views
22 Pages

22 July 2014

The integrase (IN) strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs), raltegravir (RAL), elvitegravir (EVG) and dolutegravir (DTG), comprise the newest drug class approved for the treatment of HIV-1 infection, which joins the existing classes of reverse transcript...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,301 Views
19 Pages

Full-Length Genome Analyses of Two New Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) Strains from Mustached Monkeys (C. Cephus) in Gabon Illustrate a Complex Evolutionary History among the SIVmus/mon/gsn Lineage

  • Florian Liégeois,
  • Fabian Schmidt,
  • Vanina Boué,
  • Christelle Butel,
  • Fatima Mouacha,
  • Paul Ngari,
  • Bertrand Mve Ondo,
  • Eric Leroy,
  • Jonathan L. Heeney and
  • François Rouet
  • + 2 authors

22 July 2014

The Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) mus/mon/gsn lineage is a descendant of one of the precursor viruses to the HIV-1/SIVcpz/gor viral lineage. SIVmus and SIVgsn were sequenced from mustached and greater spot nosed monkeys in Cameroon and SIVmon f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
100 Citations
15,996 Views
30 Pages

Mechanism of West Nile Virus Neuroinvasion: A Critical Appraisal

  • Willy W. Suen,
  • Natalie A. Prow,
  • Roy A. Hall and
  • Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann

18 July 2014

West Nile virus (WNV) is an important emerging neurotropic virus, responsible for increasingly severe encephalitis outbreaks in humans and horses worldwide. However, the mechanism by which the virus gains entry to the brain (neuroinvasion) remains po...

  • Review
  • Open Access
108 Citations
24,942 Views
27 Pages

Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA) as Production Platform for Vaccines against Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases

  • Arwen F. Altenburg,
  • Joost H. C. M. Kreijtz,
  • Rory D. De Vries,
  • Fei Song,
  • Robert Fux,
  • Guus F. Rimmelzwaan,
  • Gerd Sutter and
  • Asisa Volz

17 July 2014

Respiratory viruses infections caused by influenza viruses, human parainfluenza virus (hPIV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and coronaviruses are an eminent threat for public health. Currently, there are no licensed vaccines available for hPIV, R...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
10,546 Views
16 Pages

Prevalence and Genotyping of High Risk Human Papillomavirus in Cervical Cancer Samples from Punjab, Pakistan

  • Abida Siddiqa,
  • Maidah Zainab,
  • Ishtiaq Qadri,
  • Muhammad Faraz Bhatti and
  • Joanna L. Parish

17 July 2014

Cervical cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is established as the cause of cervical carcinoma, therefore, high risk HPV detection may have prognostic s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
81 Citations
10,436 Views
18 Pages

Identification of Luteolin as Enterovirus 71 and Coxsackievirus A16 Inhibitors through Reporter Viruses and Cell Viability-Based Screening

  • Lin Xu,
  • Weiheng Su,
  • Jun Jin,
  • Jiawen Chen,
  • Xiaojun Li,
  • Xuyuan Zhang,
  • Meiyan Sun,
  • Shiyang Sun,
  • Peihu Fan and
  • Chunlai Jiang
  • + 5 authors

17 July 2014

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common pediatric illness mainly caused by infection with enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CA16). The frequent HFMD outbreaks have become a serious public health problem. Currently, no vaccine or a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,278 Views
12 Pages

Increased Plasma Cell-Free DNA Level during HTNV Infection: Correlation with Disease Severity and Virus Load

  • Jing Yi,
  • Yun Zhang,
  • Yusi Zhang,
  • Ying Ma,
  • Chunmei Zhang,
  • Qi Li,
  • Bei Liu,
  • Zhijia Liu,
  • Jiayun Liu and
  • Boquan Jin
  • + 2 authors

15 July 2014

Cell-free DNA (cf-DNA) in blood represents a promising DNA damage response triggered by virus infection or trauma, tumor, etc. Hantavirus primarily causes two diseases: haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and Hantavirus cardiopulmonary synd...

  • Short Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,515 Views
10 Pages

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Detected in Pico, Azores, Portugal, Revealed a Unique Endemic Strain with More Than 17 Years of Independent Evolution

  • Pedro J. Esteves,
  • Ana M. Lopes,
  • Maria J. Magalhães,
  • Ana Pinheiro,
  • David Gonçalves and
  • Joana Abrantes

14 July 2014

Rabbit hemorrhagic disease is caused by a calicivirus, rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), which is responsible for high mortality in domestic and wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). RHDV strains were sequenced from wild European rabb...

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