The molecular epidemiology of varicella-zoster virus: evidence for geographic segregation (2002)
Quinlivan, M, Hawrami, K, Barrett-muir, W, Aaby, P, Arvin, A, Chow, VT, ...
Of 75 varicella-zoster virus (VZV) isolates obtained from patients in Africa, Asia, and the Far East, 74 (98.6%) were found to be positive for a BglI restriction site in gene 54. By contrast,
Yamada, K, Matsuki, M, Morishima, Y, Ueda, E, Tabata, K, Yasuno, H, ...
Significance of pre-infarction angina for occurrence of post-infarction angina (1988)
FUJITA, M., SASAYAMA, S., ARAIE, E., OHNO, A., YAMANISHI, K., HIRAI, T.
We evaluated the factors determining the occurrence of post-infarction angina in 41 patients who had intracoronary thrombolysis within 6 h of the onset of acute myocardial infarction. Pre-infarction...
Differentiation between two distinct classes of viruses now classified as human herpesvirus 6.
Schirmer, E C, Wyatt, L S, Yamanishi, K, Rodriguez, W J, Frenkel, N
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) causes exanthem subitum (ES, roseola infantum), a childhood disease characterized by high fever and skin rash. We have analyzed restriction enzyme cleavage patterns of the...
Auwanit, W, Ayuthaya, P I, Nakaya, T, Fujiwara, S, Kurata, T, Yamanishi, K, ...
The seroprevalence of Borna disease virus (BDV) in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected individuals in Thailand was examined by using recombinant BDV p24. A high (38 to 48%) rate of...
Human herpesviruses 6 and 7 in cervixes of pregnant women.
Okuno, T, Oishi, H, Hayashi, K, Nonogaki, M, Tanaka, K, Yamanishi, K
We looked for human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and HHV-7 genomes in the cervixes of pregnant women in the late stages of their pregnancies. Of 72 samples collected with cervical swabs and amplified by...
Predominant CD4 T-lymphocyte tropism of human herpesvirus 6-related virus.
Takahashi, K, Sonoda, S, Higashi, K, Kondo, T, Takahashi, H, Takahashi, M, ...
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6)-related virus was isolated from CD4+ CD8- and CD3+ CD4+ mature T lymphocytes but could not be isolated from CD4- CD8+, CD4- CD8-, and CD3- T cells in the peripheral blood...
Davison, A J, Edson, C M, Ellis, R W, Forghani, B, Gilden, D, Grose, C, ...
The accumulation of recent data concerning the reactivity of monoclonal antibodies with particular varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoproteins and the mapping of several of their respective genes on...
Yamanishi, K, Dantas, J R, Takahashi, M, Yamanouchi, T, Domae, K, Takahashi, Y, ...
Hantaan virus (HV) 76-118, isolated from Apodemus agrarius coreae in Korea, and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) virus B-1, isolated from a rat in Japan, were examined for polypeptide...
Yamamoto, T, Mukai, T, Kondo, K, Yamanishi, K
The complete nucleotide sequence of one of the immediate-early genes of human herpesvirus 6 variant B was determined and compared with that of variant A reported by Martin et al. (M.D. Martin, J....
Asada, H, Yalcin, S, Balachandra, K, Higashi, K, Yamanishi, K
The susceptibilities of seven T-cell lines to human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection were examined. MT-4 cells were the most susceptible of these lines to infection with this virus. Therefore,...
Seroepidemiology of human herpesvirus 6 infection in normal children and adults.
Okuno, T, Takahashi, K, Balachandra, K, Shiraki, K, Yamanishi, K, Takahashi, M, ...
Sera from normal subjects were examined for reactivity to human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) by the anticomplement immunofluorescence test. Of a total of 179 serum specimens from donors aged from under 10...
Kondo, K, Hayakawa, Y, Mori, H, Sato, S, Kondo, T, Takahashi, K, ...
The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with exanthem subitum. Amplified products were detected by agarose...
Takahashi, Y, Okuno, Y, Yamanouchi, T, Takada, N, Yamanishi, K
Serum antibodies against the B-1 strain of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) virus in wild and experimental rats were investigated by the indirect immunofluorescent antibody (IF) test, the...
Baba, K, Shiraki, K, Kanesaki, T, Yamanishi, K, Ogra, P L, Yabuuchi, H, ...
Specificity of the skin test with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) antigen was examined in guinea pigs infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 or VZV and in children with a history of HSV...
Kido, S, Ozaki, T, Asada, H, Higashi, K, Kondo, K, Hayakawa, Y, ...
A polymerase chain reaction system for the detection of varicella-zoster virus was established. Of 25 nucleotides, 4 oligonucleotide pairs (regions of thymidine kinase, thymidylate synthetase,...
Tanishita, O, Takahashi, Y, Okuno, Y, Yamanishi, K, Takahashi, M
Titers of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome virus were estimated by counting foci stained with peroxidase-antiperoxidase or by using immunofluorescence methods. Foci stained with PAP were clearer...
Experimental infection and immune response of guinea pigs with varicella-zoster virus.
Matsunaga, Y, Yamanishi, K, Takahashi, M
An immune response (fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen) was detected in guinea pigs inoculated with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) adapted to guinea pig embryonic cells, including the Oka vaccine...
Production of plasminogen activator by human and hamster cells infected with human cytomegalovirus.
Plasminogen activator was produced by both human embryo fibroblasts (a permissive system) and hamster embryo fibroblasts (a nonpermissive system) after exposure to human cytomegalovirus. The level of...
Temperature-sensitive mutants of human cytomegalovirus.
Eight temperature-sensitive mutants of human cytomegalovirus have been isolated after mutagenesis with nitrosoguanidine. Three of these mutants have been classified into three separate...
Yamanishi, K, Matsunaga, Y, Ogino, T, Takahashi, M, Takamizawa, A
When human embryonic fibroblast cells were infected with cell-free varicella-zoster virus, virus replication began between 8 and 14 h postinfection, and 4 more h werp required for the virus to infect...
Differentiation between two distinct classes of viruses now classified as human herpesvirus 6.
Schirmer, E C, Wyatt, L S, Yamanishi, K, Rodriguez, W J, Frenkel, N
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) causes exanthem subitum (ES, roseola infantum), a childhood disease characterized by high fever and skin rash. We have analyzed restriction enzyme cleavage patterns of the...
Auwanit, W, Ayuthaya, P I, Nakaya, T, Fujiwara, S, Kurata, T, Yamanishi, K, ...
The seroprevalence of Borna disease virus (BDV) in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected individuals in Thailand was examined by using recombinant BDV p24. A high (38 to 48%) rate of...
Human herpesviruses 6 and 7 in cervixes of pregnant women.
Okuno, T, Oishi, H, Hayashi, K, Nonogaki, M, Tanaka, K, Yamanishi, K
We looked for human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and HHV-7 genomes in the cervixes of pregnant women in the late stages of their pregnancies. Of 72 samples collected with cervical swabs and amplified by...
Predominant CD4 T-lymphocyte tropism of human herpesvirus 6-related virus.
Takahashi, K, Sonoda, S, Higashi, K, Kondo, T, Takahashi, H, Takahashi, M, ...
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6)-related virus was isolated from CD4+ CD8- and CD3+ CD4+ mature T lymphocytes but could not be isolated from CD4- CD8+, CD4- CD8-, and CD3- T cells in the peripheral blood...
Davison, A J, Edson, C M, Ellis, R W, Forghani, B, Gilden, D, Grose, C, ...
The accumulation of recent data concerning the reactivity of monoclonal antibodies with particular varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoproteins and the mapping of several of their respective genes on...
Yamanishi, K, Dantas, J R, Takahashi, M, Yamanouchi, T, Domae, K, Takahashi, Y, ...
Hantaan virus (HV) 76-118, isolated from Apodemus agrarius coreae in Korea, and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) virus B-1, isolated from a rat in Japan, were examined for polypeptide...
Yamamoto, T, Mukai, T, Kondo, K, Yamanishi, K
The complete nucleotide sequence of one of the immediate-early genes of human herpesvirus 6 variant B was determined and compared with that of variant A reported by Martin et al. (M.D. Martin, J....
Asada, H, Yalcin, S, Balachandra, K, Higashi, K, Yamanishi, K
The susceptibilities of seven T-cell lines to human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection were examined. MT-4 cells were the most susceptible of these lines to infection with this virus. Therefore,...
Seroepidemiology of human herpesvirus 6 infection in normal children and adults.
Okuno, T, Takahashi, K, Balachandra, K, Shiraki, K, Yamanishi, K, Takahashi, M, ...
Sera from normal subjects were examined for reactivity to human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) by the anticomplement immunofluorescence test. Of a total of 179 serum specimens from donors aged from under 10...
Kondo, K, Hayakawa, Y, Mori, H, Sato, S, Kondo, T, Takahashi, K, ...
The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with exanthem subitum. Amplified products were detected by agarose...
Takahashi, Y, Okuno, Y, Yamanouchi, T, Takada, N, Yamanishi, K
Serum antibodies against the B-1 strain of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) virus in wild and experimental rats were investigated by the indirect immunofluorescent antibody (IF) test, the...
Baba, K, Shiraki, K, Kanesaki, T, Yamanishi, K, Ogra, P L, Yabuuchi, H, ...
Specificity of the skin test with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) antigen was examined in guinea pigs infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 or VZV and in children with a history of HSV...
Kido, S, Ozaki, T, Asada, H, Higashi, K, Kondo, K, Hayakawa, Y, ...
A polymerase chain reaction system for the detection of varicella-zoster virus was established. Of 25 nucleotides, 4 oligonucleotide pairs (regions of thymidine kinase, thymidylate synthetase,...
Tanishita, O, Takahashi, Y, Okuno, Y, Yamanishi, K, Takahashi, M
Titers of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome virus were estimated by counting foci stained with peroxidase-antiperoxidase or by using immunofluorescence methods. Foci stained with PAP were clearer...
Experimental infection and immune response of guinea pigs with varicella-zoster virus.
Matsunaga, Y, Yamanishi, K, Takahashi, M
An immune response (fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen) was detected in guinea pigs inoculated with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) adapted to guinea pig embryonic cells, including the Oka vaccine...
Production of plasminogen activator by human and hamster cells infected with human cytomegalovirus.
Plasminogen activator was produced by both human embryo fibroblasts (a permissive system) and hamster embryo fibroblasts (a nonpermissive system) after exposure to human cytomegalovirus. The level of...
Temperature-sensitive mutants of human cytomegalovirus.
Eight temperature-sensitive mutants of human cytomegalovirus have been isolated after mutagenesis with nitrosoguanidine. Three of these mutants have been classified into three separate...
Yamanishi, K, Matsunaga, Y, Ogino, T, Takahashi, M, Takamizawa, A
When human embryonic fibroblast cells were infected with cell-free varicella-zoster virus, virus replication began between 8 and 14 h postinfection, and 4 more h werp required for the virus to infect...
Decreased cerebellar blood flow in postinfectious acute cerebellar ataxia
Nagamitsu, S., Matsuishi, T., Ishibashi, M., Yamashita, Y., Nishimi, T., Ichikawa, K., ...
OBJECTIVE—The aim of the present study was to evaluate the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with postinfectious acute cerebellar ataxia using single photon emission computed...
Clinical manifestations associated with human herpesvirus 7 infection.
Torigoe, S, Kumamoto, T, Koide, W, Taya, K, Yamanishi, K
Twenty two cases of human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) infection are described. HHV-7 infection occurred later than human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection and induced exanthem subitum in 47.1% of the...
Varicella zoster virus DNA in throat swabs.
Ozaki, T, Miwata, H, Matsui, Y, Kido, S, Yamanishi, K
Eighty-one throat swabs from 18 patients infected with varicella were tested for varicella zoster virus DNA by the polymerase chain reaction. The positive rates were 26.2% (11/42) during the...
Varicella zoster virus DNA in throat swabs of vaccinees.
Ozaki, T, Miwata, H, Asano, Y, Namazue, J, Yamanishi, K
Ninety throat swabs from 30 healthy children who received varicella vaccine were tested for varicella zoster virus DNA by the polymerase chain reaction. Seroconversion was observed in 27 of 30 (90%)...