P ATIENTS WITH LYMPHOMA, leukemia, multiple myeloma, or other conditions characterized by an altered immunologic state have an increased susceptibility to the manifestations of common viral infections. In such patients, disseminated infections with the DNA viruses, herpes simplex, and herpes zoster have carried a poor prognosis.1’2 Various attempts have been made to treat these disseminated inf...

The oral cavity is particularly susceptible to viral infections because of its conformation, soft tissue and salivary glands. Several viruses, including herpes simplex virus (HSV) human papillomavirus (HPV), are associated with disease-causing primary lesions. Prions smaller than viruses can only be seen through an electron microscope when they have aggregated formed a cluster. also unique in t...

Common viral antigens were detected, by fluorescent-antibody studies, in cells infected with herpes simplex virus 1, squirrel monkey herpesvirus 1, bovine rhinotracheitis, and equine abortion viruses. The two primate viruses showed slight cross-neutralization.

background: human pathogens that can cause infertility may also affect sperm count and quality. viral infections can be considered as direct and/or indirect cause of male factor infertility. objective: our goal was to investigate the prevalence of herpes simplex virus in the semen of infertile men attending the avicenna infertility clinic, and to compare it with the herpes virus serology result...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and sera from 129 patients of a study population of 139 were tested for antibody to herpes simplex, measles,and mumps viruses. Herpes simplex virus antibody was found in three of five patients with laboratory-confirmed herpes simplex infection and in eight patients without serological or virological evidence of current infection with this or other common neurotropic vi...

Herpes-type viruses recovered from established cell lines were coated by homologous rabbit antisera as visualized by electron microscopy. These chronically infected cell lines were derived from malignant human tissues. Cross reaction was detected among the herpes-type viruses iso lated from African and American patients afflicted with neoplastic disorders. This group of viruses are not related ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of herpes viruses in the semen of an asymptomatic male cohort with and without infertility problems and its association with altered semen parameters. DESIGN A prospective randomized study. SETTING Medical school and IVF clinic. PATIENT(S) One hundred seventy-two male patients undergoing routine semen analysis: 80 with normal semen parameters (control...

Benencia, F. (1999). Antiviral activity of sandalwood oil against Herpes simplex viruses-1 and -2. Phytomedicine 6(2), 119-23. The study tested the antiviral activity of sandalwood oil, the essential oil of Santalum album L against Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2). Results demonstrated dose-dependent effect of sandalwood oil in inhibiting the replication of virus, and more sign...

Idoxuridine (5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine) is a thymidine analogue which interferes with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) metabolism and inhibits herpes simplex virus multiplication. Its systemic use is limited by toxicity. Calabresi (1965) has recommended that it be used only for severe infections with DNA-containing viruses, or for malignant disease. We report a newborn infant with severe herpes simplex...