AIM:To investigate the serovirological prevalence and clinical features of hepatitis E virus(HEV) infection in end-stage renal failure patients and in the healthy ***:HEV infection is a viral disease that can cause sp...
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AIM:To investigate the serovirological prevalence and clinical features of hepatitis E virus(HEV) infection in end-stage renal failure patients and in the healthy ***:HEV infection is a viral disease that can cause sporadic and epidemic *** studies unexpectedly showed a high prevalence of HEV antibodies in immunosuppressed subjects,including hemodialysis(HD)patients and patients who had undergone kidney transplant.A cohort/case-control study was carried out from January 2012 to August 2013 in two hospitals in southern Italy(Foggia and *** Rotondo,Apulia).The seroprevalence of HEV was determined in 801 subjects;231 HD patients,120 renal transplant recipients,and450 health *** HD patients and the recipients of renal transplants were attending the Departments of Nephrology and Dialysis at two hospitals located in Southern Italy,and were included progressively in this *** samples were tested for HEV antibodies(Ig G/Ig M);in the case of positivity they were confirmed by a Western blot assay and were also tested for HEV-RNA,and the HEV genotypes were ***:A total of 30/801(3.7%)patients were positive for anti-HEV Ig(Ig G and/or Ig M)and by Western *** healthy population presented with a prevalence of 2.7%,HD patients had a prevalence of 6.0%,and transplant recipients had a prevalence of 3.3%.The overall combined HEV-positive prevalence in the two groups with chronic renal failure was 5.1%.The rates of exposure to HEV(positivity of HEV-Ig G/M in the early samples)were lower in the healthy controls,but the difference among the three groups was not statistically significant(P>0.05).Positivity for anti-HEV/Ig M was detected in 4/30(13.33%)anti-HEV Ig positive individuals,in 2/14 HD patients,in1/4 transplant individuals,and in 1/12 of the healthy *** relative risk of being HEV-Ig M-positive was significantly higher among transplant recipients compared to the other two groups(OR=65.4,95%CI:7.
The high-detection-sensitivity saturated-absorption cavity ring-down(SCAR)technique is extended to Lambdip spectroscopy of rovibrational molecular transitions in the near-infrared ***-comb-referenced sub-Doppler satur...
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The high-detection-sensitivity saturated-absorption cavity ring-down(SCAR)technique is extended to Lambdip spectroscopy of rovibrational molecular transitions in the near-infrared ***-comb-referenced sub-Doppler saturation measurements,performed on the acetylene(ν_(1)+ν_(3)+ν_(4)←ν_(4))R(14)e line at6562 cm^(-1),are analyzed by a SCAR global line profile fitting routine,based on a specially developed theoretical *** to a conventional cavity ring-down evaluation,our approach yields dip profiles with a linewidth freed from saturation broadening effects,reduced by 40%,and a signal-to-noise ratio increased by 90%.Ultimately,an overall(statistical and systematic)fractional uncertainty as low as 7×10^(-12)is achieved for the absolute line-center *** the same time,our method is also able to accurately infer the linear(nonsaturated)behavior of the gas absorption,providing Lamb-dip-based line strength measurements with a relative uncertainty of 0.5%.
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