Objective: Evaluate the efficacy of a new single-dose bacterin against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae under field conditions. Materials and methods: Three separate farms were selected based on their history enzootic pneumonia. On each farm, vaccinated pigs (n = 20; 10 male female) administered single dose M at 21 days age while unvaccinated phosphate buffered saline same age. Results: Vaccination red...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of systemic interferon alfa treatment in patients with Adamantiades-Behçet disease. DATA SOURCES Reports and abstracts published in 1986 through 1997 in all languages were identified by the MEDLINE database, the Reference Index Related to Behcet's Disease, the Behçet disease conference proceedings, and abstract booklets. The indexing terms used Be...

Background Interferon and ribavirin treatments previously used in treating chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection cannot be effectively hemodialysis patients due to dose adjustment drug-related side effects. Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) therapies have been reported effective patients. This study aimed evaluate the effectiveness of DAAs with C.
 Material Methods Twenty followed gastro...

Background: Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2b is synthesized via the use of PEG (polyethylene glycol). It formulated attaching a 12kDa mono methoxy polyethylene glycol moiety to recombinant human protein. acts binding (JAK/STAT) Janus kinase signal transducer and activator transcription interferon receptor. The /Virafin binds (IFNAR1/2) alpha receptor 1 2. better known as Virafin has been approved ...

I applaud the efforts of Sartori et al in their prospective evaluation of bleomycin vs intrapleural interferon in patients with malignant pleural effusion. It is evident that their preliminary results are in keeping with those reported in the literature. In reviewing multiple treatment modalities for malignant pleural effusion, I have found that one common denominator in success¬ ful treatment ...

we aimed to compare the therapeutic effect of avonex (av), betaferon (be) & rebif (re) on the expanded disability status scale (edss) in multiple sclerosis (ms). ninety patients referring to farshchian hospital were entered in this study. the patients were divided into three equal groups: group 1 received av, group 2 received re and group 3 received be, and after 24 months, comparison was done ...

conclusions this study supports the idea that the ifnl3 gene is an important predictor of the response of chb patients to ifn therapy. results nine studies of 1602 chb patients receiving ifn treatment were included. under the random-effects model, patients expressing the variant rs12980275 showed a significantly increased response to ifn therapy (or = 2.85; 95% ci = 1.14 - 4.60). in the subgrou...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Interferon alpha (IFNα) is a known antiviral agent. A double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted investigating the use of low-dose oral interferon alpha for preventing acute viral respiratory illnesses. METHODS Two hundred healthy adults aged 18-75 years were enrolled and completed weekly health data questionnaires to monitor for symptoms and impact...

Malignant melanoma can be successfully treated when it is identified in its early stages, but the disease is associated with a poor prognosis when it is detected in an advanced stage. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a thyroid cancer that has a good prognosis. The present study reports a rare case of malignant melanoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma that were diagnosed concurrently and treated s...