Herpetinė akių infekcija yra viena iš dažniausių aklumą sukeliančių infekcinių priežasčių pasaulyje. Herpes sim­plex virusas dviejų tipų. Jie skiriasi plitimo keliu bei sukeliamų pažaidų lokalizacija. gali pasireikšti tiek vokuose, junginėje, gilesnėse akies struktūrose: ragenoje, gyslainėje, tinklainėje. Pri­klausomai nuo pasireiškimo lokalizacijos, objektyvios apžiūros duomenys taip pat skiri...

Nongenital herpes simplex virus type 1 is a common infection usually transmitted during childhood via nonsexual contact. Most of these infections involve the oral mucosa or lips (herpes labialis). The diagnosis of an infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 is usually made by the appearance of the lesions (grouped vesicles or ulcers on an erythematous base) and patient history. However, if un...

BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were to characterize the burden of herpes zoster, as well as the longitudinal and incremental changes of healthcare service utilization among individuals with herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) compared to those without. METHODS Using the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), we established a herpes zoster cohort of people dia...

The role of HPV in other cancer localization besides the genital apparatus is under scrutiny. Biopsies of oral neoplasms of 26 patients attending the dental clinics of the Regional Hospital of North Wing in Brasilia were analyzed by histopathological methods, screened for HPV genomic sequences utilizing the DIGENE hybrid capture 2 HPV DNA kit, and also, tissue fragments were processed for cell ...

In order to assess psychological morbidity in France related to genital herpes infection, we carried out a transversal study comparing infected patients with a control group. A total of 236 patients with genital herpes were first identified by means of a postal survey, then matched against a witness group of 236 noninfected persons. Detailed questionnaires were sent out to each person in the 2 ...

Much like the host cells they infect, viruses must also regulate their life cycles. Herpes simples virus type 1 (HSV-1), a prominent human pathogen, uses a promoter-rich genome in conjunction with multiple viral trans-activating factors. Following entry into host cells, the virion-associated outer tegument proteins pUL46 and pUL47 act to increase expression of viral immediate-early (α) genes, t...

BACKGROUND Both herpes zoster and malignancy are associated with immunosuppression. However, the association between herpes zoster and the subsequent diagnosis of malignancy is unclear. We undertook this study to assess whether a diagnosis of herpes zoster is a risk factor for subsequent malignancy. METHODS For this matched retrospective cohort study, a physician billing database was used to ...

Para investigarmos se a aquisição da ortografia de consoantes nasais sofreria influência aspectos estrutura silábica língua e seriação escolar, em produções textuais crianças do 1º ao 3º ano Ensino Fundamental, analisamos 7.190 possibilidades registro dessas consoantes. Embasamo-nos no modelo hierárquico sílaba parâmetros educacionais que regem esse Ciclo. Os resultados mostraram: (1) efeito po...