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Human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6), a newly recognized human herpesvirus first described in 1986, is morphologically similar to other herpesviruses but is distinguishable from all of them by some unique in vitro biological effects, specific antigenic analysis, and patterns of endonuclease restriction digests of DNA. In vitro HHV-6 exhibits tropism mainly for T lymphocytes, but it also infects other cells, including B lymphocytes, monocytes-macrophages, glial cells, and fibroblasts. Because HHV-6 causes frequent infection in infants and children, a seroprevalence rate of antibody to this virus of up to 80% has been reported in the United States. Infection in infancy develops as levels of maternal antibody wane, thus resulting in either subclinical infection or an acute febrile illness termed exanthema subitum. Primary infection acquired later in life causes a disease resembling acute infectious mononucleosis. Since HHV-6 shares the capacity to establish latent infection with other herpesviruses, frequent viral reactivation is probably the explanation for the high incidence of serologically proven active HHV-6 infection found simultaneously with active infection due to other herpesviruses as well as in the presence of various immune deficiency conditions.
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PMID:Human herpesvirus type 6: review. 131 2

DNA polymerases (deoxynucleosidetriphosphate: DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase EC 2.7.7.7.) were extracted from regenerating livers from young and aged rats. DNA polymerase alpha was separated and partially purified by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, polyethyleneglycol precipitation, and phosphocellulose column chromatography, and fidelity levels were then monitored with the synthetic template-primer poly (dG-dC). The fidelity level of the DNA polymerase from regenerating liver a 4-month-old rat was very high, while that of the DNA polymerase from a 24-month-old rat was significantly decreased. To confirm this result, DNA was synthesized on poly (dG-dC) in a reaction mixture containing [32P]dTTP, and the synthetic polynucleotide was purified and digested with HhaI restriction endonuclease. After hydrolysis, the oligonucleotides were developed by two dimensional thin layer chromatography on PEI cellulose plates. Spots containing [32P]dTMP were observed when DNA polymerase from a 24 month-old rat was used, but none was found in polynucleotides synthesized using DNA polymerase from a 4 month-old rat. Nearest neighbor analysis suggested that dG-dT and dC-dT pairs were constructed by mis-incorporation due to DNA polymerase alpha.
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PMID:Age-associated changes in the template-reading fidelity of DNA polymerase alpha from regenerating rat liver. 908 Mar 95

Twelve days after receiving an investigational Oka strain live attenuated varicella vaccine, a 38-year-old healthy white woman developed a rash consisting of 30 scattered lesions. Sixteen days later, her 2 children also developed rash. Swabs obtained from the skin lesions of the vaccinee and her children demonstrated the presence of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Restriction endonuclease polymorphisms present in wild and vaccine type VZV were examined, and the amplified VZV DNA was determined to be vaccine type. This case documents transmission of varicella vaccine type virus from a healthy vaccinee to susceptible household contacts. Since vaccine-associated rashes are uncommon and mild, it is likely that transmission of vaccine virus will also be uncommon. With widespread immunization beginning in the United States, ongoing studies will define the frequency of this transmission.
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PMID:Transmission of vaccine strain varicella-zoster virus from a healthy adult with vaccine-associated rash to susceptible household contacts. 933 70

The Trichinella genus poses an interesting puzzle for researchers, having diverged very early in the evolution of the nematodes. The Trichinella spiralis proteome is a cosmopolitan and well-studied model of Trichinella; however, Trichinella britovi also circulates in the sylvatic environment and both species infect humans, resulting in the development of trichinellosis. Few experiments have examined the proteins belonging to the T. britovi proteome. The aim of the present study was to compare the protein expression profiles of crude extracts of T. spiralis and T. britovi muscle larvae using a highly-sensitive two-dimensional differential in-gel electrophoresis (2D DIGE) technique coupled with 2DE immunoblotting. Selected immunoreactive protein spots were then identified by liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry analysis (LC-MS/MS), and their function in Trichinella and the host-parasite interaction was determined by gene ontology analysis. Spots common to both T. spiralis and T. britovi, spots with different expressions between the two and spots specific to each species were labelled with different cyanine dyes. In total, 196 protein spots were found in both proteomes; of these 165 were common, 23 expressed exclusively in T. spiralis and 8 in T. britovi. A comparative analysis of volume ratio values with Melanie software showed that among the common spots, nine demonstrated higher expression in T. spiralis, and 17 in T. britovi. LC-MS/MS analysis of 11 selected spots identified 41 proteins with potential antigenic characteristics: 26 were specific for T. spiralis, six for T. britovi, and eight were found in both proteomes. Gene Ontology analysis showed that the identified T. spiralis proteins possess hydrolytic endopeptidase, endonuclease and transferase activities. Similarly, most of the T. britovi proteins possess catalytic activities, such as lyase, hydrolase, isomerase and peptidase activity. The applied 2D DIGE technique visualized Trichinella spp. protein spots with different molecular weights or isoelectric point values, as well as those with different expression levels. The identified immunoreactive proteins participate in multiple processes associated with host muscle cell invasion and larval adaptation to the host environment. Their reactivity with the host immune system makes them possible candidates for the development of a novel trichinellosis diagnostic test or vaccine against helminthiasis caused by T. spiralis or T. britovi.
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PMID:Exploiting the potential of 2D DIGE and 2DE immunoblotting for comparative analysis of crude extract of Trichinella britovi and Trichinella spiralis muscle larvae proteomes. 3327 63