Chronic delta hepatitis in haemophiliacs

The seroepidemiological profile of HBV and HDV was investigated in 640 male haemophiliacs. Twenty-seven of forty-four HBsAg carriers were anti-HDV-IgG positive, 22 were also anti-HDV-IgM positive. A markedly lower prevalence of HDV infection was found in patients with anti-HBc in the absence of HBsAg and anti-HBs (6/41). Repeated detection of anti-HDV-IgM in 5/41 individuals of this group indicates that circulating HBsAg is not an absolute prerequisite for chronic HDV infection. Overall, chronically active HDV infection was detected more frequently in quiescent than in active chronic HBV infections. Anti-HDV-IgM was not detected in the absence of anti-HDV-IgG antibodies. Anti-HDV-IgG may disappear after resolution of HDV infection, as indicated by the low prevalence (1/42) in such individuals with past HBV infection as well as by loss of anti-HDV-IgG observed in two patients.     

血清乙型肝炎病毒标志物不同表现模式及肝功能异常对肾移植受者存活率的影响

目的　探讨血清乙型肝炎病毒标志物不同表现模式对肾移植受者长期存活的影响。方法　对 62例血清乙型肝炎病毒标志物阳性者及 1 96例血清乙型肝炎病毒标志物全阴性者肾移植术后的肝功能、人肾均存活的存活率等指标进行随访和回顾性分析。结果　术后早期血清乙型肝炎病毒标志物阳性组与血清乙型肝炎病毒标志物阴性组比较 ,肝功能异常发生率的差异无显著性 (P >0 .0 5) ;术后中远期 ,HBsAg、HBeAg及抗 HBc阳性者的肝功能受损率明显高于血清乙型肝炎病毒标志物阴性组及HBsAg、抗 HBe、抗 HBc阳性者 (P <0 .0 5) ,其人肾均存活的存活率也最低 (P <0 .0 5)。结论　对HBsAg、抗 HBe及抗 HBc阳性者进行肾移植应慎重 ,而HBsAg、HBeAg及抗 HBc阳性者则不适宜接受肾移植     

臭氧水对SARS病毒的灭活效果观察

为了观察电解法产生的臭氧水对SARS病毒的灭活效果,采用悬液灭活试验法进行了试验。结果,以臭氧含量为27.73mg/L,作用4min可完全灭活SARS病毒;以臭氧含量为17.82mg/L,作用4min和4.86mg/L作用10min,均可使SARS病毒的灭活率达100％。结论,电解法产生的臭氧水含臭氧量达到4.86mg/L以上,对悬液内SARS病毒具有很强的灭活效果。     

Fumonisins as a possible contributory risk factor for primary liver cancer: A 3-year study of corn harvested in Haimen, China, by HPLC and ELISA

Employing HPLC fluorometry, gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) and a novel enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on a monoclonal antibody, 40 corn samples, each collected in 1993 from agricultural stocks for human consumption in Haimen (Jiangsu County) and Penlai (Shandong Province), high- and low-risk areas for primary liver cancer (PLC) in China, respectively, were analysed for fumonisins (FBs), aflatoxins (AFs) and trichothecenes. Levels and positive rates of FBs and deoxynivalenol (DON) were significantly higher in Haimen than in Penlai. ELISA of the 40 corn samples harvested in the two areas in 1994 revealed that FB contamination levels and rates in these areas were comparable to those observed in 1993 in Haimen. ELISA analysis of 1993 and 1994 products revealed a wide occurrence of AFB₁ but the positive rates as well as levels were not significantly different between these areas. ELISA of the same sample number of corn harvested in 1995 revealed that FB contamination in Haimen was significantly higher than in Penlai. These 3-yearly surveys of corn samples (240 in total) demonstrated that corn harvested in Haimen was highly contaminated with FBs and that the contamination level, as well as positive rate in 1993 and 1995, were 10–50-fold higher than those in Penlai, suggesting FBs as a risk factor for promotion of PLC in endemic areas, along with the trichothecene DON. Co-contamination with AFs, potent hepatocarcinogens, was assumed to play an important role in the initiation of hepatocarcinogenesis.     

非放射性HBV－DNA探针在乙型肝炎病毒检测中的应用

以地高辛甙元随机引物法标记ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ探针，以此探针检测慢性乙型肝炎患者的血清、肝组织，同时以ＥＬＩＳＡ法检测血清ＨＢｅＡｇ、ＨＢｃＡｂ。结果：血清ＮＢｅＡｇ阳性率２７％（１０／３７），血清ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ检出率５７．１％（２０／３５），两者有显著性差异。血清ＨＢｃＡｂ阳性率７８．４％（２９／３７），肝组织ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ检出率８３．８％（３１／３７），两者无显著性差异。血清与肝组织ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ检出率有显著性差异。提示：血清ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ检测是较ＨＢｅＡｇ更为准确客观反映血液带毒状况的指标。而准确反映肝脏带毒状况的指标是肝组织ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ检测。当ＨＢｅＡｇ阴转，血清ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ阴性而肝组织ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ阳性时，需注意肝硬化及肝癌的发生。     

Retroviruses and schizophrenia in Jamaica

Reports of an 18-fold higher incidence of schizophrenia among second-generation Afro-Caribbeans, and especially Jamaican migrants in the United Kingdom were soon called “an epidemic of schizophrenia,” with the inference that a novel virus, likely to be perinatally transmitted, was a possible etiological agent. This intriguing observation led us to explore a possible link with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type one (HTLV-I), because it is a virus that is endemic in the Caribbean Islands, is perinatally transmitted, known to be neuropathogenic, and the cause of a chronic myelopathy (tropical spastic paraparesis/ HTLV-I associated myelopathy). We therefore examined inpatients at the Bellevue Mental Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica and did standard serological tests for retroviruses HTLV-I and HTLV-II and HIV-I and HIV-II on 201 inpatients who fulfilled ICD-9 and DSM III-R criteria for schizophrenia. Our results produced important negative data, since the seropositivity rates for HTLV-I, the most likely pathogen, were no greater than the seropositivity range for HTLV-I carriers in this island population, indicating that HTLV-I and the other retroviruses tested do not play a primary etiological role in Jamaican schizophrenics.     

白血病病毒感染的SRSV/3T3细胞系DNA转化机制探讨

将SRSV/3T3细胞DNA转染NIH/3T3细胞,转染后17d,实验组出现18个集落,对照组出现4个集落。将实验组集落细胞接种于3只BALB/C裸鼠皮下,全部长成纤维肉瘤。将SRSV/3T3细胞DNA用EcoRI和BamHI酶切电泳,分别应用5种癌基因(v-myc、KJ-ras、v-src、v-sis和e-fos)作Southern印迹和分子杂交。发现SRSV/3T3细胞DNA的BamHI酶切片段与c-fos探针杂交后,在2.2～3.0 kb处出现阳性杂交带。应用c-fos单抗检测转化细胞,细胞核内呈阳性反应。表明SRSV/3T3细胞DNA含有fos样转化基因,在转化细胞内有此基因的过度表达。     

Differential Expression of Subspecies of Polyomavirus and Murine Leukemia Virus Enhancer Core Binding Protein, PEBP2, in Various Hematopoietic Cells

The core sequence of the enhancer of murine leukemia virus (MuLV) long terminal repeat is highly conserved in a large number of MuLV strains and appears to play an essential role when SL3-3 or Moloney strains induce T cell lymphoma in mice. We found by using the electrophoretic mobility shift assay that a polyomavirus enhancer core-binding protein, PEBP2, bound to this core motif of MuLV. We also noted that PEBP2 in several hematopoietic cell lines derived from B lymphocyte, macrophage and myelocyte lineages migrated significantly faster than the authentic PEBP2 detected in NIH3T3 (ibroblasts. Interestingly, PEBP2 detected in the cell lines of T lymphocyte lineage appeared to contain both types, which were indistinguishable in electrophoretic mobility from those of NIH3T3 and of B lymphocyte, macrophage and myelocyte lineages. The treatment of the nuclear extract containing PEBP2 with phosphatase generated PEBP3, which is a subcomponent of PEBP2 and retained the same DNA-binding specificity as PEBP2. The altered mobility of hematopoietic cell-derived or T lymphocyte-derived PEBP2 was found to be due to the alteration of the mobility of PEBP3. Based on the distinct mobility of PEBP2/3 of T lymphocytes from those of other hematopoietic cells, we discuss the implication of PEBP2 in MuLV-induced T cell leukemia and T cell-specific gene expression.     

我国登革2型病毒43株包膜E蛋白基因的特征

对我国1987年流行的登革2型病毒43株包膜E蛋白基因的核苷酸序列进行了分析。结果表明登革2型病毒43株包膜E蛋白基因核苷酸序列含1485个核苷酸，编码495个氨基酸，并就其核苷酸序列及其相应的氨基酸序列与其它的登革2型病毒株进行了比较，发现核苷酸序列与我国1985年分离的登革2型病毒04株，新几内亚C株（NGC），牙买加株1409（JAM）和马来西亚当地流行株M1（登革出血热）、血2（登革休克综合征）、M3（登革热）同源性分别是95.8%、94.6%、97.5%、925%、92.7%和939%，氨基酸序列的同源性分别是94.3%、94.3%、96.0%、93.7%、93.7%和91.5%，推断出的氨基酸序列显示出12个保守的半胱氨酸残基和两个潜在的糖基化位点，分别位于Asn-67和Asn-153位。     

广东省儿童乙型肝炎疫苗纳入计划免疫管理10年后血清学效果分析

为研究广东省乙型肝炎 (乙肝 )疫苗纳入计划免疫管理 10年后儿童血清乙肝病毒感染标志物 (HBVM )的变化 ,采用分层多阶段随机抽样法 ,将全省分 4层 ,共抽取 12个县 2 4个村的 196 3名儿童为研究样本。采血用固相放射免疫法 (SPRIA)检测乙肝病毒表面抗原 (HBsAg)、乙肝病毒核心抗体 (抗 HBc)、乙肝病毒表面抗体 (抗 HBs)。2 0 0 2年调查 1～ 14岁儿童乙肝疫苗接种率为 78 81% ,全程接种率为 74 17%。其中 1～ 9岁儿童乙肝疫苗全程接种率为 81 73% ,10～ 14岁为 6 0 32 %。 1～ 14岁儿童HBsAg携带率、抗 HBc阳性率、HBV感染率分别从 1992年的 19 86 %、5 3 5 9%、71 4 1%降至 2 0 0 2年的 8 5 6 %、2 2 5 7%、31 33%。其中 1～ 9岁儿童的HBsAg携带率、抗 HBc阳性率、HBV感染率分别从 1992年的 17 88%、4 7 0 9%、6 7 4 4 %下降至 2 0 0 2年的 5 75 %、14 4 9%、2 1 81%。乙肝疫苗接种后 ,1～ 3岁儿童抗 HBs阳性率为 5 2 0 2 %～ 6 2 18%。由于实施了加强免疫 ,4～ 14岁儿童的抗 HBs维持在 5 9 32 %～ 6 5 80 %。广东省乙肝疫苗纳入计划免疫管理 10年后 ,全省 1～ 14岁儿童HBV感染率已大幅度下降 ,抗 HBs阳性率大幅度升高 ,取得了良好的经济和社会效益。