(n.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another.
(2) Herpesviruses such as EBV, HSV, and human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) have a marked tropism for cells of the immune system and therefore infection by these viruses may result in alterations of immune functions, leading at times to a state of immunosuppression.
(3) Other research has indicated that placing gossypol in the vagina does inhibit the effect of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection, however.
(4) The antiproliferative activity of IFN was studied using the parental L cell line, a tk- derivative, and a tk- (tk+) subline into which the tk gene of herpes simplex virus was introduced.
(5) (E)-5-(2-Bromovinyl)uridine (BVUrd), the riboside counterpart of (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (BVdUrd), effected a dose-dependent inhibition of viral progeny formation and viral DNA synthesis in herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1, strain KOS)-infected human (E6SM) diploid fibroblast cells.
(6) Among the agents triggering such an infection Chlamydia (30.9% of the cases of non-gonorrhoic urethritis), as well as mycoplasma, ureaplasma, anaerobic bacteria and herpes simplex viruses have gained particular significance.
(7) No effective vaccines are yet available for herpes virus infections.
(8) We have characterized previously a model of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection of rat dorsal root ganglia (DRG) following cutaneous infection.
(9) IgM antibody titres were not elevated in patients with non-genital herpes simplex, but in patients with herpes genitalis IgM antibodies to HSV type 2 increased to 4 times the normal values 2-4 weeks after infection.
(10) It showed that the proportion of patients attending with recurrent herpes had increased from 18% in 1972 to 31% in 1982.
(11) Acyclovir was shown to limit herpes simplex reactivation in a controlled trial to prevent herpes labialis after surgical intervention for trigeminal neuralgia.
(12) The ability of whole-cell extracts from uninfected HeLa cells to recognize the promoter for the herpes simplex virus type 1 late gene encoding the major capsid protein Vp5 was investigated by using both in vitro transcriptional and S1 nuclease protection analysis.
(13) Sixty-five patients with recrudescent orofacial herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections all had circulating HSV-specific antibody measured by ELISA and cell-mediated immunity (CMI) to HSV by in vitro lymphoproliferation.
(14) 11 strain herpes simplex virus infection of HeLa cells in culture on deoxynucleotide metabolism and the level of various enzymes concerned with the biosynthesis of DNA has been investigated.
(15) 59: 142-153), we described the production and use of complement-dependent virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and MAb-resistant (mar) mutants to identify five antigenic sites (I to V) on herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein B (gB).
(16) Acyclovir is commonly used for suppression and treatment of recurrent genital herpes simplex virus and may be indicated for pregnant women with disseminated herpes.
(17) The factors influencing the interaction of herpes simplex virus (HSV) glycoprotein C (gC) with the third component of complement (C3) were investigated in this study.
(18) Herpes simplex virus type 1 was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient during the first attack of multiple sclerosis.
(19) herpes virus) whose transforming activity has been demonstrated for several cell types in vitro and is suspected for some human tumors in vivo.
(20) The development of breakthrough recurrences could not be correlated with infection with strains of herpes simplex virus type 2 that were resistant to acyclovir in vitro.
Ringworm
Definition:
(n.) A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton).
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinically, our cases of black-dot ringworm caused by T. violaceum often presented with subtle changes of scaling, hair loss, and black dots.
(2) Scalp ringworm among children ranked third (15.3%), Microsporum canis was the main etiologic agent.
(3) The organism was isolated from skin scrapings collected from ringworm lesions mainly on the heads of 2 naturally infected calves.
(4) Three cases of leptospirosis, two cases of Newcastle disease, two cases of ringworm, and a single infection with Mycobacterium bovis and with Salmonella arizonae were also encountered.
(5) A total of 258 cattle clinically affected with Trichophyton verrucosum (ringworm) were treated twice by spraying with a suspension containing the fungicidal antibiotic natamycin.
(6) Dermatophytes of the genera Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton were isolated from 162 (41%) of 395 patients with clinical manifestations of ringworm infection reporting at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria between January 1986 and December 1987.
(7) A survey was carried out on the distribution of ringworm infections among school children in four primary schools in Jos, Plateau State of Nigeria.
(8) A suspension based on the antibiotic, natamycin, was applied by sponging to 83 horses of various breeds and ages with signs of clinical ringworm.
(9) Scales were taken from 128 human volunteers suffering from ringworm infections and grown on Sabourand's media to determine the type of organisms causing the disease.
(10) This case also demonstrates the benefit of corticosteroids for certain cases of inflammatory ringworm where the host's response to the fungus is exceptionally marked.
(12) After an episode of cerebral toxoplasmosis for which he was treated with systemic steroids (because of cerebral oedema) he developed, over 16 days, a remarkably extensive ringworm of the trunk due to an unusual zoophilic dermatophyte, Microsporum (Trichophyton) gallinae.
(13) Moreover, 415 children were examined to determine the incidence of head lice, scabies, ringworm and catarrh - conditions which had been found to be common among children in the low-income group.
(14) The present work has looked at the distribution of ringworm infections among the Nigerian nomadic Fulani herdsmen.
(15) Fourteen cases are described in which the local application of corticosteroid preparations to ringworm infections of the skin have resulted in unusual clinical pictures.
(16) Out of 124 children examined, 36 had scalp lesions and 32 cases were confirmed as scalp-ringworm on direct microscopy.
(17) An account is given of the increase in incidence of scalp ringworm seen in London school children over a twelve year period.
(18) The use of these factors in preparation of efficacious fungicides used in the treatment of ringworm infections in man and animals is discussed.
(19) Eight agents of ringworms have been recorded in the horse.
(20) There have been few geographical surveys of ringworm fungi that have covered the world.