Bialek, SR   WA Bower   K Mottram   D Purchase   T Nakano   O Nainan   IT Williams   BP Bell   
JOURNAL OF URBAN HEALTH-BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 82(3) 468-478 2005年9月 [査読有り]
During January-April, 2 000, 12 cases of acute hepatitis B were reported in Pierce County, Washington, compared with seven in all of 1999. Seven (58.3%) case patients were injection drug users (IDUs), three of whom were coinfected with hepatitis D...
SM Kamal   AA El Tawil   T Nakano   Q He   J Rasenack   SA Hakam   WA Saleh   A Ismail   AA Aziz   MA Madwar   
GUT 54(6) 858-866 2005年6月 [査読有り]
Background: The response rates and duration of peginterferon alpha ( PEG- IFN- a) and ribavirin combination therapy in chronic hepatitis C genotype 4, the prevalent genotype in the Middle East and Africa, are poorly documented.
Aims: To compare th...
L Lu   T Nakano   GA Smallwood   TG Heffron   BH Robertson   CH Hagedorn   
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS 126(1-2) 139-148 2005年6月 [査読有り]
The goal of this study was to adapt a long RT-PCR technique to amplify large PCR fragments from the genome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) isolates using clinical samples. This was done by using a reverse transcriptase devoid of RNase H activity and a ...
L Lu   T Nakano   YS He   YS Fu   CH Hagedorn   BH Robertson   
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY 75(4) 538-549 2005年4月 [査読有り]
To determine hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype distribution in China, a total of 148 HCV RNA positive serum samples were collected from nine geographic areas and subjected to RT-PCR followed by direct DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the...
SM Kamal   A Amin   M Madwar   CS Graham   Q He   A Al Tawi   J Rasenack   T Nakano   B Robertson   A Ismail   MJ Koziel   
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 78(22) 12252-12258 2004年11月 [査読有り]
Acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) is typically defined as new viremia and antibody seroconversion. Rates and immunologic correlates of hepatitis C clearance have therefore been based on clearance of viremia only in individuals who initially had an ant...