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A slow virus is a virus, or a viruslike agent, etiologically associated with a slow virus disease.A slow virus disease is a disease that, after an extended period of latency, follows a slow, progressive course spanning months to years, frequently involves the central nervous system, and in most cases progresses to death.
The treatment depends on the type or types of hepatitis C virus that are causing the infection. [57] Both during and at the end of treatment, blood tests are used to monitor the effectiveness of the treatment and subsequent cure. [56] The DAA combination drugs used include: [58] Harvoni (sofosbuvir and ledipasvir)
Virus latency (or viral latency) is the ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant within a cell, denoted as the lysogenic part of the viral life cycle. [1] A latent viral infection is a type of persistent viral infection which is distinguished from a chronic viral infection. Latency is the phase in certain viruses' life cycles in which ...
President Donald Trump is urging all older Americans to stay home and everyone to avoid crowds and eating out at restaurants as part of sweeping guidelines meant to combat an expected surge of ...
Oncolytic virotherapy is not a new idea – as early as the mid 1950s doctors were noticing that cancer patients who suffered a non-related viral infection, or who had been vaccinated recently, showed signs of improvement; [3] this has been largely attributed to the production of interferon and tumour necrosis factors in response to viral infection, but oncolytic viruses are being designed ...
Britain’s failure to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic cost thousands of unnecessary deaths and ranks among the country’s worst public health blunders, lawmakers ...
Progressive rubella panencephalitis (PRP) is a neurological disorder which may occur in a child with congenital rubella. [1] It is a slow viral infection of the brain characterized by chronic encephalitis, usually manifesting between 8–19 years of age.
The three top contenders for treatment of coronavirus are remdesivir, convalescent plasma and hydroxychloroquine. An expert weighs in on what you need to know.