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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2014

Coxsackievirus B detection in cases of myocarditis, myopericarditis, pericarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy in hospitalized patients.

Imed Gaaloul, Samira Riabi, Rafik Harrath, Timothy Hunter, Khaldoun B Hamda, Assia B Ghzala, Sally Huber, Mahjoub Aouni

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Imed GaaloulLaboratory of Transmissible Diseases LR99-ES27, Faculty of Pharmacy, Monastir 5000, Tunisia.
Samira RiabiLaboratory of Transmissible Diseases LR99-ES27, Faculty of Pharmacy, Monastir 5000, Tunisia.
Rafik HarrathLaboratory of Transmissible Diseases LR99-ES27, Faculty of Pharmacy, Monastir 5000, Tunisia.
Timothy HunterDNA Microarray Facility, 305 Health Science Research Facility, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Khaldoun B HamdaDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital Fattouma Bourguiba, Monastir 5000, Tunisia.
Assia B GhzalaDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospitals Farhat Hached and Sahloul, Sousse 4054, Tunisia.
Sally HuberDepartment of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Mahjoub AouniLaboratory of Transmissible Diseases LR99-ES27, Faculty of Pharmacy, Monastir 5000, Tunisia.
University of Monastir · TNUniversity of Vermont · USHôpital Farhat Hached · TNHospital Fatuma Bourguiba Monastir · TN

Funding

Vermont Immunobioloigy/ Infectious Diseases CenterP20GM103496 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI BUDD, RALPH C · 2012 to 2015
$8.7M
Tregulatory cells in myocarditisR01HL108371 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI HUBER, SALLY A · 2011 to 2014
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL108371NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL108371NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103496
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coxsackieviruses B (CV‑B) are known as the most common viral cause of human heart infections. The aim of the present study was to assess the potential role of CV‑B in the etiology of infectious heart disease in hospitalized patients. The present study is based on blood, pericardial fluid and heart biopsies from 102 patients and 100 control subjects. All of the samples were examined for the detection of specific enteroviral genome using the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT‑PCR) and sequence analysis. Immunohistochemical investigations for the detection of the enteroviral capsid protein, VP1, from the biopsies were performed. The samples were cultured on confluent KB monolayer cell line for possible virus isolation. The epidemiological data were also collected. CV‑B was detected in 28 of the 102 patients. The sequence analysis demonstrated that 27 strains were identical to CV‑B3 and only one strain was identical to CV‑B1. Furthermore, VP1 in the heart biopsies was detected in enterovirus‑positive cases, as revealed by RT‑PCR. Pericarditis infection was more frequent than myocarditis (P<0.05) or myopericarditis (P=0.05). The epidemiological data demonstrate that CV‑B heart infections occur mainly during autumn and winter, and young male adults are more susceptible than adolescents or adults (P<0.5). The present findings demonstrate a higher prevalence of viral heart infections, suggesting that CV‑B may significantly contribute to heart infections.

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AdolescentAdultBiopsyCapsid ProteinsCardiomyopathy, DilatedCase-Control StudiesEnterovirus B, HumanEnterovirus InfectionsFemaleHeartHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocarditisMyocardiumPericarditisCapsid Proteins

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PMID25241846
PMCPMC4227425
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