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Incidence, risk and prognosis of acute and chronic fatigue syndromes and psychiatric disorders after glandular fever by White, P D, Thomas, J M, Amess, J, Crawford, D H, Grover, S A, Kangro, H O, Clare, A W

“…The role of viruses in the aetiology of both chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and depressive illness is uncertain. A prospective cohort study of 250 primary care…”
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DNA viruses in the pathogenesis of sporadic chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction by Debinski, H S, Kamm, M A, Talbot, I C, Khan, G, Kangro, H O, Jeffries, D J

“…BACKGROUND: Hereditary forms of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP) are well described but the aetiology of most cases of sporadic CIIP is…”
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Inhibitory effects of urine on the polymerase chain reaction for cytomegalovirus DNA by Khan, G, Kangro, H O, Coates, P J, Heath, R B

“…The inhibitory effects of urine samples taken from neonates and older children, some of which were known to be infected with cytomegalovirus, on the polymerase…”
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The existence of a fatigue syndrome after glandular fever by White, P D, Thomas, J M, Amess, J, Grover, S A, Kangro, H O, Clare, A W

“…This prospective cohort study was designed to test whether a distinct fatigue syndrome existed after the onset of glandular fever. Two hundred and fifty…”
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Epstein Barr virus (EBV) encoded small RNAs: targets for detection by in situ hybridisation with oligonucleotide probes by Khan, G, Coates, P J, Kangro, H O, Slavin, G

“…AIMS: To develop a rapid, sensitive, and specific non-isotopic in situ hybridisation (NISH) procedure for the detection of Epstein-Barr virus in formalin…”
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The validity and reliability of the fatigue syndrome that follows glandular fever by White, P D, Grover, S A, Kangro, H O, Thomas, J M, Amess, J, Clare, A W

“…The validity and reliability of an empirically defined fatigue syndrome were tested in a prospective cohort study of 245 primary care patients, with glandular…”
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The activity of candidate virucidal agents, low pH and genital secretions against HIV-1 in vitro by O'Connor, T J, Kinchington, D, Kangro, H O, Jeffries, D J

“…The effect of low pH, normally present in the female genital tract, on HIV viability was examined. HIV is more acid stable than previously reported with no…”
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Simplified procedures for applying the polymerase chain reaction to routinely fixed paraffin wax sections by Coates, P J, d'Ardenne, A J, Khan, G, Kangro, H O, Slavin, G

“…The polymerase chain reaction was applied to the analysis of DNA contained in archival paraffin wax embedded material. DNA suitable for the reaction was…”
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Seroprevalence of antibodies to human herpesviruses in England and Hong Kong by Kangro, H O, Osman, H K, Lau, Y L, Heath, R B, Yeung, C Y, Ng, M H

“…The age-related prevalence of antibodies to herpesviruses was compared in England and Hong Kong. Altogether 327 sera from England and 266 sera from Hong Kong…”
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Presence of Epstein-Barr virus in Hodgkin's disease is not exclusive to Reed-Sternberg cells by Khan, G, Coates, PJ, Gupta, RK, Kangro, HO, Slavin, G

“…Thirty-three cases of Hodgkin's disease (HD) have been studied for the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) using a novel nonisotopic in situ hybridization…”
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A prospective study of viral and mycoplasma infections in chronic inflammatory bowel disease by Kangro, H O, Chong, S K, Hardiman, A, Heath, R B, Walker-Smith, J A

“…Seventy-two children with chronic inflammatory bowel disease were investigated for infections with various viruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia…”
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DNA amplification by the polymerase chain reaction to detect sub-clinical Pneumocystis carinii colonization in HIV-positive and HIV-negative male homosexuals with and without respiratory symptoms by Leigh, T R, Kangro, H O, Gazzard, B G, Jeffries, D J, Collins, J V

“…Pneumocystis carinii colonization was studied in 90 men using the polymerase chain reaction. These comprised ten heterosexual controls; ten HIV-seronegative…”
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An in-depth study of Crohn's disease in two French families by Van Kruiningen, H J, Colombel, J F, Cartun, R W, Whitlock, R H, Koopmans, M, Kangro, H O, Hoogkamp-Korstanje, J A, Lecomte-Houcke, M, Devred, M, Paris, J C

“…Two French families were investigated. In the first a husband, wife, and 4 children had Crohn's disease; in the second 7 of 11 children had the disease. There…”
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Evaluation of specific herpes DNA viruses in idiopathic megarectum and idiopathic megacolon by GATTUSO, J. M, DEBINSKI, H. S, KANGRO, H. O, JEFFRIES, D, KAMM, M. A

“…The aetiology of idiopathic megarectum and idiopathic megacolon is unknown. A previous study in patients with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction,…”
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Predictions and associations of fatigue syndromes and mood disorders that occur after infectious mononucleosis by White, Peter D, Thomas, Janice M, Kangro, Hillar O, Bruce-Jones, William DA, Amess, John, Crawford, Dorothy H, Grover, Shirlyn A, Clare, Anthony W

“…Certain infections can trigger chronic fatigue syndromes (CFS) in a minority of people infected, but the reason is unknown. We describe some factors that…”
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Antibody avidity following varicella-zoster virus infections by Kangro, H O, Manzoor, S, Harper, D R

“…The avidity of IgG antibodies following varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infections was investigated using urea treatment of antigen-bound serum antibody by…”
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Lipoproteins of varicella-zoster virus by Harper, David R, Kangro, Hillar O

“…Department of Virology, Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, U.K. Human fibroblast cells infected with…”
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Growth characteristics of human herpesvirus-6: comparison of antigen production in two cell lines by Osman, H K, Wells, C, Baboonian, C, Kangro, H O

“…In order to optimize viral antigen production, the growth characteristics of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) (strain AJ) were studied in two cell lines: HSB-2 and…”
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Detection of Specific IgM in Varicella and Herpes Zoster by Antibody-Capture Radioimmunoassay by Kangro, H. O., Ward, A., Argent, S., Heath, R. B., Cradock-Watson, J. E., Margaret K. S. Ridehalgh

“…A simple and sensitive M antibody-capture radioimmunoassay (MACRIA) is described which utilizes crude commercial VZV antigen and a single monoclonal anti-VZV…”
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Protein blotting: ten years on by Harper, D R, Kit, M L, Kangro, H O

“…Protein blotting was originally described in 1979 as an outgrowth of nucleic acid techniques, and received its commonly used designation of 'Western' blotting…”
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