Suresh B Boppana,
Shannon A Ross,
Masako Shimamura,
April L Palmer,
Amina Ahmed,
Marian G Michaels,
Pablo J Sánchez,
David I Bernstein,
Robert W Tolan,
Zdenek Novak,
Nazma Chowdhury,
William J Britt,
Karen B Fowler and
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders CHIMES Study
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We compared real-time PCR assays of liquid-saliva and dried-saliva specimens with rapid culture of saliva specimens obtained at birth.
A total of 177 of 34,989 infants (0.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.4 to 0.6) were positive for CMV, according to at least one of the three metho...
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PMID: 21631323
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We describe two complete ssDNA phage genomes that were reconstructed from a viral metagenome from 80 m depth at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site in the northwestern Sargasso Sea and examine their spatial and temporal distributions. Both genomes (SARssφ1 and SARssφ2) exhibited s...
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PMID: 21124487
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We have adapted the HCVpp infection assay with HCVpp harboring a luciferase reporter to a 96-well format and screened a small-molecule compound library to identify inhibitors of HCV entry. Such active viral entry inhibitors have the potential to be first-in-class antiviral drugs that can be incorpor...
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PMID: 19009270
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These results differ from what has been reported in in vitro studies, and indicate that different PBMC subpopulations may play different roles in EHV-1 viremia.
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PMID: 21093993
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Paul D Griffiths,
Anna Stanton,
Erin McCarrell,
Colette Smith,
Mohamed Osman,
Mark Harber,
Andrew Davenport,
Gareth Jones,
David C Wheeler,
James O'Beirne,
Douglas Thorburn,
David Patch,
Claire E Atkinson,
Sylvie Pichon,
Paul Sweny,
Marisa Lanzman,
Elizabeth Woodford,
Emily Rothwell,
Natasha Old,
Ruth Kinyanjui,
Tanzina Haque,
Sowsan Atabani,
Suzanne Luck,
Steven Prideaux,
Richard S B Milne,
Vincent C Emery and
Andrew K Burroughs
Abstract
We undertook a phase-2 randomised placebo controlled trial in adults awaiting kidney or liver transplantation at the Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. Exclusion criteria were pregnancy, receipt of blood products (except albumin) in the previous 3 months, and simultaneous multiorgan transplantation. 7...
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PMID: 21481708
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Since herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) antibody tests have become commercially available, an increasing number of persons have learned that they have genital herpes through serologic testing. The course of natural history of HSV-2 in asymptomatic, seropositive persons is uncertain...
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PMID: 21486977
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Il-Seok Park,
Xiaofei Chang,
Myriam Loyo,
Gaosong Wu,
Alice Chuang,
Myoung Sook Kim,
Young Kwang Chae,
Sofia Lyford-Pike,
William H Westra,
John R Saunders,
David Sidransky and
Sara Isabel Pai
Abstract
We determined the methylation status of all 110 CpG sites within the viral epigenome in advanced stage III/IV HPV-16-associated head and neck cancers. We found that the viral genome was hypomethylated in the majority of head and neck cancers, in particular within the viral regulatory region, long co...
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PMID: 21292634
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The human neurotropic virus, JC virus (JCV), is the etiologic agent of the fatal demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) that is seen primarily in immunodeficient individuals. Productive infection of JCV occurs only in glial cells, and thi...
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PMID: 21297941
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The HPV prevalence rate was lowest among child bearing women aged 25-34 year. Also, personal hygiene is significantly associated with the HPV infection in this area, regardless of age....
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PMID: 21627383
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We are still facing a large population of young HBV-infected patients in the coming two decades. The study of long-term longitudinal databases has provided deeper insight into the clinical significance of HBV DNA suppression, hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion and hepatitis B surface antig...
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PMID: 21199524
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Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) is spread worldwide and has been described as a potential pathogen in immunosuppressed patients. Different clinical manifestations have been described including fever and skin rash; HHV-7 may also be a possible cofactor for cytomegalovirus disease in transplant recipients...
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PMID: 20689313
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We report a case of a 3.5-year-old female with a very high copy number of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) detected by PCR in blood during acute lymphoblastic leukemia induction therapy. The patient was unsuccessfully treated with antiviral drugs. HHV-6 genome was shown to be constitutively integrated in...
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PMID: 20589623
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1) discordant (normal Pap and positive HPV) or 2) mildly abnormal (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance Pap and negative HPV). Analyses included multivariable logistic regression.
For the discordant test results, 54.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 51-57.6%) of physicians recommended...
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PMID: 21099599
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We detected herpes simplex virus types 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2), varicella zoster virus (VZV), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNAs in recipient corneal buttons taken at the time of penetrating keratoplasty.
Twenty-seven corneal buttons were obtained from 27 patients (10 men and 17 women), 7 of whom had a...
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PMID: 20847665
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV), the prototype of the herpesvirus family, causes a variety of diseases in human. In this review, I focus on the molecular mechanism of HSV infection including recent advance on this research field.
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PMID: 21488332
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A point-of-care, diagnostic system incorporating a portable thermal cycler and a compact fluorescent detector for real-time, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on disposable, plastic microfluidic reactors with relatively large reaction volume (ranging from 10 µL to 100 µL) is described. To maintain t...
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PMID: 20927453
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We show that the Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR1/Cas system can also naturally acquire spacers from a self-replicating plasmid containing an antibiotic-resistance gene, leading to plasmid loss. Acquired spacers that match antibiotic-resistance genes provide a novel means to naturally select bacte...
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PMID: 21048762
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Viral and prokaryotic abundance, production and diversity were determined throughout the water column of the subtropical Atlantic Ocean to assess potential variations in the relation between viruses and prokaryotes. Prokaryotic abundance and heterotrophic activity decreased by one and three orders o...
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PMID: 20485386
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Squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (HNSCC) are a frequent diagnosis in anatomic pathology practice. Tobacco use and heavy alcohol consumption are known risk factors for HNSCC but in other cases human papillomavirus (HPV) is linked to carcinogenesis. HPV proteins E6 and E7 promote oncogene...
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PMID: 20966645
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We collected information about demographics, epidemiology, severity of hepatitis B virus-related liver disease, antiviral therapy, response (hepatitis B viral DNA and alanine aminotransferase normalization changes), dose modification, or treatment interruption.
Approximately, 60% of patients enrolle...
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PMID: 20964259
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We report the case of a middle age HIV male, presenting with intestinal occlusion. Rectosigmoidoscopy showed multiple anorectal nodular and ulceronecrotic masses. The biopsy specimens revealed a diffuse polymorphous inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina propria, associated with CD30, CD20, CD3, CD15...
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PMID: 20861713
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Several national and international guidelines have been published in the last years focusing on the problem of how to best treat patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Therapy with interferon or nucleos(t)ide analogues has been shown to be most effective in suppressing HBV deoxyrib...
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PMID: 20960376
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We recently determined the structure of a previously unrecognized pol-prim domain (p68N) that docks on Tag, identified the p68N surface that contacts Tag, and demonstrated its vital role in primosome function. Here, we identify the p68N-docking site on Tag by using structure-guided mutagenesis of th...
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PMID: 20685648
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We developed a method to recover recombinant viruses in which independent selection strategies are used to engineer single-gene replacements. We coupled a mutant SA11 RV encoding a temperature-sensitive (ts) defect in the NSP2 protein with RNAi-mediated degradation of NSP2 mRNAs to isolate a virus c...
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PMID: 20937889
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Serge S Corbeil,
Axel A Colling,
Lynette M LM Williams,
Frank Y K FY Wong,
Keith K Savin,
Simone S Warner,
Bronwyn B Murdoch,
Noel O I NO Cogan,
Timothy I TI Sawbridge,
Mark M Fegan,
Ilhan I Mohammad,
Agus A Sunarto,
Judith J Handlinger,
Stephen S Pyecroft,
Marianne M Douglas,
Pen H PH Changs and
Mark St J MS Crane
Abstract
The recent emergence of a herpes-like virus in both farmed and wild populations of abalone in Victoria, Australia, has been associated with high mortality rates in animals of all ages. Based on viral genome sequence information, a virus-specific real-time TaqMan assay was developed for detection and...
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PMID: 21166309
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Jerry R Mendell,
Katherine Campbell,
Louise Rodino-Klapac,
Zarife Sahenk,
Chris Shilling,
Sarah Lewis,
Dawn Bowles,
Steven Gray,
Chengwen Li,
Gloria Galloway,
Vinod Malik,
Brian Coley,
K Reed Clark,
Juan Li,
Xiao Xiao,
Jade Samulski,
Scott W McPhee,
R Jude Samulski and
Christopher M Walker
Abstract
We report on delivery of a functional dystrophin transgene to skeletal muscle in six patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. Dystrophin-specific T cells were detected after treatment, providing evidence of transgene expression even when the functional protein was not visualized in skeletal musc...
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PMID: 20925545
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We present an overview of recent research into cellular reprogramming. We focus on the feasibility of microRNA-based strategies for reprogramming somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells, thus obviating the need to introduce viruses or DNA into donor cells, and therefore ameliorating the risks asso...
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PMID: 20601195
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Anita A De Rossi,
Marisa M Zanchetta,
Francesca F Vitone,
Guido G Antonelli,
Patrizia P Bagnarelli,
Luigi L Buonaguro,
Maria Rosaria MR Capobianchi,
Massimo M Clementi,
Isabella I Abbate,
Filippo F Canducci,
Alessia A Monachetti,
Elisabetta E Riva,
Gabriella G Rozera,
Carolina C Scagnolari,
Maria M Tagliamonte,
Maria Carla MC Re and
Abstract
Despite the widespread use of molecular biology techniques, standardized methods for the measurement of HIV-1 proviral DNA are currently lacking and several discordant results are still present in different studies. To assess the clinical meaning of the proviral DNA load, a study group comprising se...
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PMID: 21213587
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We describe a case of an otherwise immunocompetent patient who presented a very high-level asymptomatic polyomavirus JC viruria following long-term steroid therapy....
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PMID: 21213601
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Zoster sine herpete is a particular form of varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection characterized by segmental pain and dysesthesia, without any cutaneous lesions ever becoming perceptible. This report describes the case of a female patient, presenting with intercostal pain associated with a single p...
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PMID: 21213602
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Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection remains a major global problem but the recent advances in molecular methods have revolutionized the diagnosis and management of CHB. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA quantitation is the most useful molecular marker for the diagnosis and management of CHB. There is incr...
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PMID: 20964611
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Development of primary prevention of cervical cancer in other words a vaccination against selected, oncogenic HPV types, entails an increasing importance of epidemiological studies and prevalence of various types of human papilloma virus. The incidence of HPV varies depending on the geographic locat...
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PMID: 21117301
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The persistence of covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in hepatocytes plays a key role in viral persistence and resistance to therapy. Therefore, quantitative cccDNA measurement is of clinical importance for evaluating the efficacy of antiviral drugs, selecting an appr...
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PMID: 20691734
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Orthopoxvirus monkeypox (MPXV) forms two distinct clades: the MPXV Congo Basin clade viruses are endemic in the Congo Basin, human illness typically presents with symptoms similar to discrete, ordinary smallpox and has a case fatality rate of approximately 10% in unvaccinated populations; the MPXV W...
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PMID: 20643162
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A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was developed specifically for detection and differentiation of pseudorabies virus (PRV). One group of primers was designed to detect wild-type strains (i.e., strains with the gE gene) and the other group of primers was designed to detect both PR...
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PMID: 20691214
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We analyzed the genetic relationship between gp160 env sequences from replication competent clonal HIV-1 variants that were isolated from PBMC and from contemporaneous HIV-1 RNA in serum and HIV-1 proviral DNA in PBMC of four longitudinally studied therapy naïve HIV-1 infected individuals. Replicat...
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PMID: 20638697
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We sequenced the long terminal repeats and part of the env region of enFeLVs in domestic cats and five wild species. A total of 305 enFeLV sequences were generated across 17 individuals, demonstrating considerable diversity within two major clades. Distinct proliferations of enFeLVs occurred before...
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PMID: 20615520
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We show that the replication-associated proteins (Rep: a rolling-circle replication initiator protein) encoded by these alphasatellites interact with the Rep and C4 proteins encoded by their helper begomovirus, Cotton leaf curl Rajasthan virus (CLCuRaV), in a yeast two-hybrid assay. Both the alphasa...
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PMID: 20598726
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We characterized the functional domains of BFV BTas. BTas contains two major functional domains: the N-terminal DNA-binding domain (residues 1-133) and the C-terminal activation domain (residues 198-249). The complete BTas responsive regions were mapped to the positions -380/-140 of LTR and 9205/927...
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PMID: 20615521
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Kyle A Garver,
Lowia Al-Hussinee,
Laura M Hawley,
Tamara Schroeder,
Sandra Edes,
Veronique LePage,
Elena Contador,
Spencer Russell,
Stephen Lord,
Roselynn M W Stevenson,
Brian Souter,
Elizabeth Wright and
John S Lumsden
Abstract
Koi herpesvirus (KHV) was identified as being associated with more than one mortality event affecting common carp in Canada. The first was an extensive mortality event that occurred in 2007 in the Kawartha Lakes region, Ontario, affecting Lakes Scugog and Pigeon. Fish had branchial necrosis and hepa...
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PMID: 20966274
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We amplified the full-length viral cDNA sequences of three layers isolates associated with simple hemangioma or coexisting of hemangioma and myeloid leukosis (ML) by PCR. We also obtained some partial sequences of three layer isolates related to hemangioma and one layer isolate from ML case. Then we...
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PMID: 21090269
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To enrich the epidemiologic data of the waterfowl origin avian influenza virus (AIV).
The full genome of A/Muscovy Duck/Fujian/FZ01/2008 (H6N6), which was first isolated from domestic Muscovy duck in Fujian Province in southern China at 2008, was cloned and sequenced by reverse transcription polymer...
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PMID: 21090254
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We demonstrated enhanced localized surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensing based on subwavelength gold nanoarrays built on a thin gold film. Arrays of nanogratings (1D) and nanoholes (2D) with a period of 200 nm were fabricated by electron-beam lithography and used for the detection of avian infl...
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PMID: 20693616
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We compared the HPV genotype distribution in HIV-1-infected women from Seattle, Washington, USA and Nairobi, Kenya. The reverse line blot assay and DNA sequencing on cervicovaginal lavage (CVL) specimens were carried out.
The most commonly detected HPV types among the women from Seattle were HPV 56,...
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PMID: 20655263
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Overall, 70 (3.8%) of the women were chronically infected with HBV. HBsAg status was strongly linked to SPB, which incurred to 5 (7.3%) of 64 women with circulating HBsAg compared with 28 (1.6%) of 1703 without current HBV infection (odds ratio, 5.2; P=0.007). SPB, however, was linked neither to HBs...
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PMID: 20605152
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We collected 5 specimens (endocervix, upper and lower vagina, perineum, vaginal self-collection) from 2,625 women. Endocervical and self-collected specimens had HR-HPV tests by hc2. All 5 anogenital specimens were tested for 37 HPV genotypes [Linear Array(R), (LA)] from 397 women hc2 positive in end...
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PMID: 20039323
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Despite multimodal therapeutic concepts, advanced localized and high-risk neuroblastoma remains a therapeutic challenge with a long-term survival rate below 50%. Consequently, new modalities for the treatment of neuroblastoma, e.g., oncolytic virotherapy are urgently required. H-1PV...
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PMID: 20087864
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