• 제목/요약/키워드: Dengue

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Development of a Rapid Diagnostic Test Kit to Detect IgG/IgM Antibody against Zika Virus Using Monoclonal Antibodies to the Envelope and Non-structural Protein 1 of the Virus

  • Kim, Yeong Hoon;Lee, Jihoo;Kim, Young-Eun;Chong, Chom-Kyu;Pinchemel, Yanaihara;Reisdorfer, Francis;Coelho, Joyce Brito;Dias, Ronaldo Ferreira;Bae, Pan Kee;Gusmao, Zuinara Pereira Maia;Ahn, Hye-Jin;Nam, Ho-Woo
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제56권1호
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    • pp.61-70
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    • 2018
  • We developed a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kit for detecting IgG/IgM antibodies against Zika virus (ZIKV) using monoclonal antibodies to the envelope (E) and non-structural protein 1 (NS1) of ZIKV. These proteins were produced using baculovirus expression vector with Sf9 cells. Monoclonal antibodies J2G7 to NS1 and J5E1 to E protein were selected and conjugated with colloidal gold to produce the Zika IgG/IgM RDT kit (Zika RDT). Comparisons with ELISA, plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT), and PCR were done to investigate the analytical sensitivity of Zika RDT, which resulted in 100% identical results. Sensitivity and specificity of Zika RDT in a field test was determined using positive and negative samples from Brazil and Korea. The diagnostic accuracy of Zika RDT was fairly high; sensitivity and specificity for IgG was 99.0 and 99.3%, respectively, while for IgM it was 96.7 and 98.7%, respectively. Cross reaction with dengue virus was evaluated using anti-Dengue Mixed Titer Performance Panel (PVD201), in which the Zika RDT showed cross-reactions with DENV in 16.7% and 5.6% in IgG and IgM, respectively. Cross reactions were not observed with West Nile, yellow fever, and hepatitis C virus infected sera. Zika RDT kit is very simple to use, rapid to assay, and very sensitive, and highly specific. Therefore, it would serve as a choice of method for point-of-care diagnosis and large scale surveys of ZIKV infection under clinical or field conditions worldwide in endemic areas.

Google Search Trends Predicting Disease Outbreaks: An Analysis from India

  • Verma, Madhur;Kishore, Kamal;Kumar, Mukesh;Sondh, Aparajita Ravi;Aggarwal, Gaurav;Kathirvel, Soundappan
    • Healthcare Informatics Research
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    • 제24권4호
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    • pp.300-308
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    • 2018
  • Objectives: Prompt detection is a cornerstone in the control and prevention of infectious diseases. The Integrated Disease Surveillance Project of India identifies outbreaks, but it does not exactly predict outbreaks. This study was conducted to assess temporal correlation between Google Trends and Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) data and to determine the feasibility of using Google Trends for the prediction of outbreaks or epidemics. Methods: The Google search queries related to malaria, dengue fever, chikungunya, and enteric fever for Chandigarh union territory and Haryana state of India in 2016 were extracted and compared with presumptive form data of the IDSP. Spearman correlation and scatter plots were used to depict the statistical relationship between the two datasets. Time trend plots were constructed to assess the correlation between Google search trends and disease notification under the IDSP. Results: Temporal correlation was observed between the IDSP reporting and Google search trends. Time series analysis of the Google Trends showed strong correlation with the IDSP data with a lag of -2 to -3 weeks for chikungunya and dengue fever in Chandigarh (r > 0.80) and Haryana (r > 0.70). Malaria and enteric fever showed a lag period of -2 to -3 weeks with moderate correlation. Conclusions: Similar results were obtained when applying the results of previous studies to specific diseases, and it is considered that many other diseases should be studied at the national and sub-national levels.

Dengue Virus 2 NS2B Targets MAVS and IKKε to Evade the Antiviral Innate Immune Response

  • Ying Nie;Dongqing Deng;Lumin Mou;Qizhou Long;Jinzhi Chen;Jiahong Wu
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제33권5호
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    • pp.600-606
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    • 2023
  • Dengue virus (DENV) is a widespread arbovirus. To efficiently establish infection, DENV evolves multiple strategies to hijack the host innate immune response. Herein, we examined the inhibitory effects of DENV serotype 2 (DENV2) nonstructural proteins on RIG-I-directed antiviral immune response. We found that DENV2 NS2A, NS2B, NS4A, and NS4B significantly inhibited RIG-I-mediated IFN-β promoter activation. The roles of NS2B in RIG-I-directed antiviral immune response are unknown. Our study further showed that NS2B could dose-dependently suppress RIG-I/MAVS-induced activation of IFN-β promoter. Consistently, NS2B significantly decreased RIG-I- and MAVS-induced transcription of IFNB1, ISG15, and ISG56. Mechanistically, NS2B was found to interact with MAVS and IKKε to impair RIG-I-directed antiviral response. Our findings demonstrated a previously uncharacterized function of NS2B in RIG-I-mediated antiviral response, making it a promising drug target for anti-DENV treatments.

지카바이러스 감염: 소아감염 전문가로서의 관점 (Zika Virus Infection: Perspectives as a Specialist of Pediatric Infectious Diseases)

  • 윤기욱
    • Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2016
  • The Zika virus, a flavivirus related to dengue and Japanese encephalitis was discovered in the Zika forest in Uganda, 1947. Since Zika virus was first reported in Brazil in May 2015, infections have occurred in at least 40 countries, especially in the Americas. Zika virus infection usually is asymptomatic or causes mild illness, but may be related to severe clinical manifestations, particularly microcephaly and Guillain-$Barr{\acute{e}}$ syndrome. Although the possibility of autochthonous Zika virus transmission in South Korea is low, the imported cases and Zika virus-transmitting mosquito should be adequately monitored and promptly managed. In addition, enhancing preparedness for Zika virus infection are needed.

Space Technology in Environmental Health (Emerging Vial Disease)

  • Nakhapakorn, Kanchana;Andrianasolo, Haja
    • 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한원격탐사학회 2002년도 Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing
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    • pp.411-416
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    • 2002
  • The emergence of viral diseases transmitted is nowadays a central problem in the world. Problem, which is becoming very critical in developing countries, where the health systems are not yet enough developed to face the bursting of such diseases. Emerging viral diseases constitute one of the major threats to human being that are arising in the modern world. Besides bio-chemical and medical researches, new orientations are developed to understand the environmental dimensions of such emergence. Questions concerning the inter-plays between the environmental and disease dynamics are building up new investigations, both in remote sensing and GIS, for the elaboration of levels of organization of space and environment in relation to incidences, to gain understandings in these issues. Environmental attributes attached to land cover types: area, spatial heterogeneity and physical state, are derived from remote sensing and applied to uncover related dimensions of the Dengue disease.

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뎅기 바이러스 진단을 위한 항원결정부위 예측 및 설계 (Peptide Antigen Prediction and Design for Immunodiagnosis of Dengue virus Infection)

  • 이지후;이인성;김학용
    • 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국콘텐츠학회 2015년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.225-226
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    • 2015
  • 뎅기 바이러스는 전 세계적으로 빠르게 확산되고 있는 모기 매개 바이러스이다. 현재까지 4가지의 혈청형이 알려져 있는 뎅기 바이러스는 뎅기열, 뎅기 출혈열과 뎅기 쇼크증후군 등을 유발한다. 현재 뎅기 바이러스가 전 세계적으로 확산되고 있음에도 불구하고 확실한 치료제나 백신이 없기 때문에 초기 진단이 매우 중요하다. 아열대기후로 진입하는 우리나라에서도 흰줄숲모기가 자주 발견되기 때문에 이 질병으로부터 결코 자유롭지가 않다. 바이러스 감염을 진단하기 위한 진단키트를 개발하기 위해서는 타깃 유전자 부위 선정이 매우 중요하기 때문에 본 연구에서는 먼저 생명정보학을 기반으로 뎅기 바이러스만을 특이적으로 검출할 수 있는 항월결정부위를 예측하고 진단키트에 적용하고자 하였다. 4가지 유형의 뎅기 바이러스 유전자들을 찾고, ProtScale Tool 프로그램으로 친수성(hydrophilicity), 접근성(acc -essibility), 유연성(flexibility), 회전(${\beta}-turns$) 등의 특성을 분석하여 항원결정부위를 선정하였다. 이 항원결정부위를 이용하여 단일클론항체를 제작하였으며 향후 진단키트로의 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

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모기에 의한 피해와 류코사이토준병 예방대책

  • 조동인
    • 월간양계
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    • 제36권7호통권417호
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    • pp.96-101
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    • 2004
  • 사람들이 모기를 싫어하는 이유는 많다. 모기는 사람과 가축에 각종 병원체를 옮기며, 또한 많은 스트레스를 주고, 이로 인한 정신적인 피해가 크기 때문이다. 가축에서는 가축이 수면을 제대로 취하지 못하게 하고, 질병을 일으켜서 경제적인 피해를 입히기도 한다. 모기로 인해 육계는 성장이 늦어지고, 산란계에서는 산란율이 떨어진다. 사람이 모기에 물리게 되면 간지럽고, 빨갛게 붓는 피부 알러지가 생기고, 잠잘 때 윙윙 소리를 내어 수면을 방해한다는 점, 그로 인한 불쾌감, 정신적 스트레스 등의 피해를 입는다. 그러나 무엇보다도 모기가 주는 가장 큰 피해는 각종 질병을 옮기고 다닌다는 것이다. 모기로 인해 옮겨지는 병으로는 뇌염(encephalitis), 마랄리아(malaria), 상피병(filaria), 황열병(yellow fever), 뎅기열(dengue fever) 등을 들 수 있다. 그 중에서도 국내에서 발병하는 병은 일본뇌염(Japanese encephalitis), 말라리아, 상피병 등이 알려져 있다. 가축에서 오는 모기 매개 질병은 소의 아까바네병, 유행열, 이바라기병 및 츄잔병, 아이노바이러스 감염증 등이 있고, 돼지에서는 사람에게 뇌염을 일으킬 수 있는 돼지일본뇌염이 있고 닭에서는 닭류코사이토준병이 있다.

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곤충병원성 곰팡이를 이용한 모기 방제 (Mosquito Control Using Entomopathogenic Fungi)

  • 최광식;정희영
    • 한국균학회지
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    • 제43권2호
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    • pp.77-87
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    • 2015
  • 곤충이 곰팡이병에 감염되는 것을 흔히 볼 수 있고, 대부분은 이들에 대해 감수성을 나타내고 있다. 최근 살충제 저항성이 문제가 되면서 곤충병원성 곰팡이를 이용한 모기 방제에 대한 연구가 더욱 주목을 받고 있고, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Lagenidium giganteum와 같은 병원성 곰팡이를 모기 방제에 사용하기 위해 노력 중이다. 이 총설에서는 말라리아, 뎅기열, 사상충, 황열병 등을 옮기는 모기들의 방제에 사용되는 곤충병원성 곰팡이를 정리하고 이들의 활용방안을 논하였다.

감염경로 탐색을 위한 사람 및 뎅기 바이러스 단백질 상호작용 네트워크 분석 (Analysis of Human and Dengue Viral Proteins Interaction Network for Understanding Viral Pathogenesis)

  • 이지후;김학용
    • 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국콘텐츠학회 2016년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.189-190
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    • 2016
  • 바이러스는 RNA나 DNA의 유전물질과 그것을 둘러싸고 있는 최소한의 단백질들만으로 구성되어 있기 때문에 바이러스가 증식하기 위해서는 숙주세포에 침투하여 전적으로 숙주의 복제 기구를 이용해야만 한다. 하지만 아직까지 뎅기 바이러스의 감염 및 복제 기전은 명확하게 밝혀지지 않았다. 이에 본 연구에서는 바이러스의 감염 및 복제기전에 대한 유용한 정보를 도출하기 위하여 사람 단백질과 뎅기 바이러스 단백질의 상호작용(Hu-DV PPI) 네트워크를 분석하였다. 우선 문헌조사를 통하여 실험적으로 검증된 뎅기 바이러스 단백질(9개)과 상호작용하는 사람 단백질(149개)을 추출하였으며, 이 정보를 이용하여 사람-뎅기 바이러스 단백질 상호작용 네트워크를 구축하였다. 이 네트워크를 기반으로 바이러스 감염 전/후의 네트워크 구조 및 특성을 분석하였으며, 이 정보를 바탕으로 감염경로를 탐색하였다.

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Homology Modeling of CCR 4: Novel Therapeutic Target and Preferential Maker for Th2 Cells

  • Shalini, M.;Madhavan, Thirumurthy
    • 통합자연과학논문집
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    • 제7권4호
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    • pp.234-240
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    • 2014
  • C-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CCR4) is a chemokine receptor with seven transmembrane helices and it belongs to the GPCR family. It plays an important role in asthma, lung disease, atopic dermatitis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, the mosquito-borne tropical diseases, such as dengue fever and allergic rhinitis. Because of its role in wide spectrum of disease processes, CCR4 is considered to be an important drug target. Three dimensional structure of the protein is essential to determine the functions. In the present study homology modeling of human CCR4 was performed based on crystal structure of CCR5 chemokine receptor. The generated models were validated using various parameters. Among the generated homology models the best one is selected based on validation result. The model can be used for performing further docking studies to identifying the critical interacting residues.