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Chapter and Conference Paper
Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and AIDS in Drug Deaths
Needle sharing among drug addicts leads to the transmission of infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and AIDS. Since the identification of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug addicts have been regarded as an im...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Use of a HIV-1 Retroviral Vector System for Gene Transfer into Human Cells
The transfection of HIV 1 proviral DNA and 3’LTR-CAT plasmids by the DEAE dextran method or protoplast fusion was studied previously in H9 cells, from a T4- lymphocyte cell line. The transient ex-pression of d...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Einführung: Hepatitis B-Impfung — Dauer des Impfschutzes und Indikation zur Wiederimpfung
Die schützenden Antikörper bei der Hepatitis B sind jene, die sich gegen die Oberfläche des Virus richten. Dies ist auch von anderen Virusinfektionen her bekannt. Wir wissen, daß die Hülle des Hepatitis B-Viru...
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Article
The effect of an immunosuppressive drug (azathioprine) on the latent infection of marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus) with the oncogenicHerpesvirus saimiri
Callithrix jacchus (CJ) marmoset monkeys can be latently infected withHerpesvirus saimiri (HVS). In order to determine whether this resistance to the oncogenic potential of HVS could be due to the immune surveil...
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Article
Influence of interferon on the replication of oncogenic herpesviruses in tissue cultures and in nonhuman primates
The sensitivity of H. saimiri (HVS) and H. ateles (HVA) to human interferon (HIF) was determined in owl monkey kidney (OMK) cell cultures. Both these oncogenic herpesviruses are relatively insensitive to the a...