Jui-Hung Shien

TL;DR: The RT-PCR procedure developed is rapid and sensitive, and could be used for the identification and HA-subtyping of avian influenza virus in organ homogenates.

TL;DR: Treatment with 30 lM curcumin reduced the yield of virus by over 90% in cell culture, and by comparison of the antiviral activity of structural analogues, the methoxyl groups of cur- cumin do not play a significant role in the haemagglutinin interaction.

TL;DR: The results suggested that both vaccine-like and vaccine-unlike ILT viruses were involved in the field outbreak of this disease, and that the PCR/RFLP procedure could serve as a fast and sensitive method for the detection and differentiation of vaccine strains and field isolates of ILT virus.

TL;DR: Genetic analyses showed that a unique lineage of H6N1 viruses has been established in domestic chickens in Taiwan since 1997, and this lineage of viruses differs from the H6n1 viruses circulating in Hong Kong and Southeastern China.

TL;DR: Characterization of the recombinant PhoX of Pasteurella multocida X-73 showed that it is a monomeric enzyme, activated by Ca(2+) and possibly secreted by the Tat pathway, and homologous sequences between Pho X and the phosphotriesterase and on the potential calcium-binding site of PhoZ are identified.