Five strains out of the 8 of epidermic hemorrhagic fever(EHF)virus isolated from the serum of the acute phase of EHF patients in Nanchong, Sichuan were found to have cytopathogenic effect(CPE)through 4th to 10th passages in Vero-E6 cell culture. The biological, physico-chemical and antigenic characteristics of HFN-04 and HFN-19, 2 out of the 5 CPE strains, were identified. The results were as follows;( 1 ) The CPE development and the dynamic proliferation of the virus areconsistent. ( 2 ) The main biological and physico-chemical characteristics of the 2 CPEstrains arc the same as those of EHF virus.( 3 ) When paired samples of EHF patients' serum were tested with the slide antigens of E6 cells infected with these CPE strains, all the convalescent serum demonstrated an increase by 4 fold or more of the IFA. titer.( 4 ) The CPE of the virus can be neutralized by EHF patient's serum or EHF and KHF antisera, but not by normal rabbit serum or the multivalent serum of Reovirus type 1-3.( 5 ) The E6 cells infected by CPE strains of virus can almost fully absorbthe specific antibodies in EHF patients or in EHF and KHF antisera.( 6 ) The suspension of the mouse brain infected by CPE strains can formpositive agglutination reaction with the sentitized blood cells by EHFvirus strain A9 McAb 25-1.On the basis of our observation, it can be concluded that at least certain strains of EHF virus can produce CPE in Vero-E6 cell culture.

This paper is to report our study of using single radical hemolysis(SRH) technique to detect the specific antibody for Japanese B encephalitis (JBE) virus in 101 samples of pigs' serum at Chongqing area. It was found that SRH was more sensitive and more specific in the detection of the JBE virus antibody in the pig's serum than CF or HI. SRH is simple in its technique and easy to perform. In addition, it is very sensitive and specific and it can be reproduced easily. It is suggested that SRH be used in clinical diagnosis and in seroepidermic survey of JBE virsus infection.

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) occurs endemically in certain localities in our country.At present, the diagnostic method usually used is indirect flurorescent antibody (IFA) technique, but due to the requirement of costly equipments and trained technicians, it is not feasible in grass-root clinics. We used an indirect peroxidase antibody method (IPA) to detect HFRS specific IgM. and their results were compared with that of IFA. It was found that the IPA titre was 2.6 times higher than IFA in sera of early cases, and 20 times higher than IFA titers in convalescent sera. Of the 49 sera tested. 40 gave a positive result by IPA. 35 positive by IFA. There was discrepancy between IPA and IFA in 1 serum. Only ordinary light-microscope is necessary to perform IPA test, and the test is sensitive, specific, and easy to perform. The procedure is simpler and can be used in grass-root medical units

Objective To study the HLA-DRB1 genotype and their r elation with HBV infection among Han patients in shanxi area. Methods HLA-DRB1 genotyping was conducted in 54 patients HBV infection and 108 health controls, as well as 32 asymtomatic HBsAg carriers by using polymerase ch ain reaction/sequence specific primer (PCR-SSP) method. All the patients, asy mtomatic HBsAg carriers, and healthy subjects were inhabitants of Shan'xi area o f Han nationality. The association between HLA-DRB1 genotype and different repl ication of HBV were also studied. Results DRB1*04,DRB1*09,DRB 1*12, DRB1*15 were the most common genotypes in the Shan'xi Han inbabitants wit h the frequency of 16.2%,12.5%,11.6% and 13.4% respectively. Compared to 108 healthy controls, the allele frequency of HLA-DRB1*03 was 11.1% in HBV patien ts versus 3.7% in healthy controls, with odds ratio=3.57 and Pc=0.014 ( P

Target of the treatment for advanced pancreatic carcinoma is always palliative without prolongation of survival time almost, therefore the aims of treatment should be concentrated on improving the quality of life and alleviateing the disease-related symptoms. We do not call for the treatment and medicines that can incur obvious adverse reaction with limited effectiveness. Interventional therapy provides superexcellent short term efficacy with alleviating the disease-related symptoms significantly, and without severe side effects and thus coincides to the principle of the treatment for advanced pancreatic carcinoma. The surpassing advantages provide popular recommendation for this very kind of therapy in the recent years.

Objective To evaluate the value of the mRECIST criteria in assessing the efficacy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization(TACE) combined with sorafenib in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods A total of 35 patients who were treated with a combination of TACE and sorafenib for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma fulfilled the mRECIST and RECIST criteria in our hospital from June 2011 to November 2012.Enhanced CT and/or enhanced MRI were used before (baseline) and after (3 month reexamination) combination treatment in our hospital.The mRECIST and RECIST criteria were used to evaluate the efficacy,and these efficacy assessments were compared.Results In the RECIST criteria,complete remission (CR) was 0％,partial remission (PR) was 2.9％,stable disease (SD) was 85.7％％,and progressive disease (PD) was 11.4％％.In the mRECIST criteria,CR was 8.6％,PR was 51.4％,SD was 34.3％,and PD was 5.7％.For the RECIST criteria,the objective response rate (CR+-PR) was 2.9％,the disease control rate (CR+PR+SD) was 88.6％,and the disease progression rate was 11.4％.For the mRECIST criteria,the objective criteria was 60％,the disease control rate was 94.3％,and the disease progression rate was 5.7 ％.The difference between the efficacy assessment results of mRECIST and RECIST was statisti cally significant(P＜0.001).Conclusion The mRECIST criteria can evaluate the efficacy of target le sions based on viable tumors,which is more adaptive to TACE and targeted drugs with new mecha nisms.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) combined with sorafenib for the treatment of inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and to discuss the influence of treatment interval on the survival time. Methods During the period from July 2008 to May 2011 at authors’ hospital, a total of 50 patients with inoperable HCC were treated with TACE together with sorafenib. The treatment intervals between each TACE procedure were recorded. The results were analyzed. Results Up to Dec. 31, 2011, the median follow-up time of the 50 patients was 310 days. The mean interval between TACE treatments was 69 days before the combination treatment was employed , while the mean interval was 112 days after the combination treatment started , and the longest interval was 648 days. Conclusion Combination treatment TACE with sorafenib can remarkably prolong the treatment interval in patients with inoperable HCC, thus the patient can get more survival benefits.

Objective To investigate the application of C- arm CT imaging technique in evaluating the efficacy of transarterial chemoembolization(TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC). Methods During the period from Sep. 2012 to Mar. 2013 at authors’ hospital, C- arm CT scanning was employed during the performance of TACE in 80 patients with HCC. The residual active tumor lesions, Lipiodol deposition and the embolization of the feeding arteries after TACE therapy were assessed by C- arm CT plain scan images and the images of early artery phase and parenchymal phase, as well as the post- processing images. The efficacy of TACE was thus evaluated. Results A total of 139 hepatic tumors were detected in 80 patients by C- arm CT imaging. C- arm CT scanning performed immediately after TACE showed that satisfactory result was obtained in 128 lesions of 75 patients(128/139, 92.9%). Fewer, medium and more residual active tumors were seen in 78, 29 and 21 lesions respectively, while dense, moderate and thin Lipiodol deposition was seen in 64, 39 and 25 lesions respectively. After TACE therapy obvious decrease in blood supply was demonstrated in 101 lesions, while no obvious decrease in blood supply was seen in 27 lesions. Conclusion C- arm CT scanning after TACE for patients with HCC can conveniently, accurately and comprehensively reveal the residual active tumors, Lipiodol deposition and embolization status of feeding arteries. Therefore, this technique should be regarded as an important means to evaluate the efficacy of TACE.

100 mm/h, group D).The tumor size/stage of the 4 ESR groups were analyzed by means of SPSS10.0. Results There were 89 cases with normal ESR,18 cases in group A,49 cases in group B,14 cases in group C and 3 cases in group D.For the correlation of ESR and tumor size,the analysis resulted in ?2 =13.621,P=0.003;Spearman correlation analysis results were:correlation coefficient of 0.341,P=0.002.For the correlation of ESR and tumor stage, the analysis resulted in ?2 =5.959 and P=0.114;Spearman correlation analysis results were:correlation coefficient of 0.208,P=0.057. Conclusions These results suggest that ESR is positively correlated with the size of renal cell carcinoma;however,there is no association between ESR and tumor stages.

The ?-radioactive seed brachytherapy source has been widely employed in the implantation therapy for the prostatic carcinoma and the ophthalmic lesions.In this study the dosimetric parameters for characterization of a low-energy interstitial brachytherapy source 125I were calculated according to dose calculation formalism recommended by AAPM TG-43U1.For data processing,a 0.28 cm active length was used for the geometry function.The dosimetry parameter air-Kerma strength,dose rate constant,radial dose function and anisotropy function were estimated by means of the EGS5 Monte Carlo code.The results obtained from this study are in good agreement with the corresponding values recommended by TG-43U1 and with the data reported by Dolan,et al.