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Filter by:The purposes of this study are to test whether GAD vaccination can stop the progression of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, to describe the related immunological processes (insulitis) in pancreas and small intestines evolving the mechanism of the effect of GAD vaccination and finally try to detect viruses and virus receptors directly in the insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas in patients with newly diagnosed type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1D).
This is a phase II double blind multicenter randomized placebo-controled clinical study aimed to find out whether treatment with Filtrum-STI (orally administered 0,4g tablets) is safe and effective in children with viral gastroenteritis. Filtrum-STI (lignin hydrolytic) is a drug with a high absorbing ability, that binds and eliminates toxins, pathogenic microorganisms and viruses. Filtrum-STI is inoffensive for mucous membranes, enhances colonic propulsion and improves its natural microflora. The drug is not toxic and well combines with other medication
A new enzymatic assay was developed by NMD Diagnostics for rapid diagnosis of Enteroviral CNS infection. This study will compare this assay to RT-PCR, by testing human CSF samples taken from children at the ER who are undergoing a spinal tap due to suspicion of meningitis.
Atherosclerosis is one of the first causes of morbidity-mortality in industrialized countries. Numerous works suggest that some infectious agents could be involved in the inflammatory process leading to the development of this pathology, such as Chlamydophila pneumoniae, cytomegalovirus or herpes simplex virus. Enteroviruses are small RNA viruses that have been incriminated in various acute or chronic cardiac diseases (pericarditis, myocarditis, dilated cardiomyopathy) and exhibit a tropism for vascular endothelia. Different clinical and experimental arguments suggest that they could play a cofactor role in the occurrence or maintenance of atherosclerosis lesions. A multicenter study developed in collaboration with colleagues of the University Hospital of Reims (France) showed that it was frequent to detect enterovirus RNA in cardiac biopsies from patients with myocardial infarction. Furthermore, a pilot study conducted in the University Hospital of Saint-Etienne (France) on atheromatous arterial samples from 18 patients allowed the detection of enterovirus RNA in 20% of them.
Enteroviruses can infect most human organ systems, especially the heart, nervous system and pancreas. Whether Enteroviruses can also affect the kidneys is not known yet. Therefore we will analyze urine of children with a suspected enteroviral infection for enteroviruses and signs of kidney infection.
From last decades, because of lacking the powerful quantitative methods, such as real-time qPCR, there is no environmental monitoring data about enterovirus transmission. If the major transmission routes and risk factor are still not clear, it will be very hard for making the prevention and control strategies. Today, the most popular prevention suggestion for children is keeping them away from crowded public places during the peak contagious season, because enteroviruses are easily transmitted through aerosols over a distance of meters, and even between separated rooms (Chang et al., 2004). However, adults may as easily be infected, but don』t have any disease symptoms or carry the virus home. Another recommendation is washing hands to avoid contact of hands or anything else with the mouth and nose, as it is through contact of viruses with the mucosal membranes in the mouth and nasal passages that infection occurs. However, these actions did not be great helpful for preventing enterovirus infection and spread. Understanding and disrupting the major transmission pass way of enterovirus could be more effective than just keeping personal hygiene. Therefore, an applicable environmental monitoring program is needed for understanding the transmission routes and risk factor of enterovirus infection. In this study, we will monitor enteroviruses in hospital, household and kindergarten. For the environmental monitoring of enteroviruses, we will apply traditional plaque assay, real-time quantitative PCR and combine with questionnaire-based interviews to understand the infectious types and concentration of enterovirus from indoor air, surface and water for recognizing the transmission routes of enterovirus and the relationships between virus concentration and the symptoms of the cases.
A common group of viruses that infect humans are enteroviruses. Enteroviruses produce illnesses in children which may range from very mild (summer colds) to severe (infections of the brain, liver, and heart). The purpose of this study is to determine if a new drug called pleconaril helps treat babies with enteroviral sepsis. In addition, researchers are attempting to determine a safe and effective dose of pleconaril to help babies with this disease. Infants who are 15 days or younger when diagnosed with enteroviral disease are eligible for this study. Two out of 3 babies will be randomly assigned to receive Pleconaril and the other one out of three will receive a placebo (inactive substitute). Participants will be hospitalized while receiving study medication. Babies will receive standard treatment care for their symptoms and will be observed for their medical progress. Participants may be in the study for up to 2 years.