viremia


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vi·re·mi·a

 (vī-rē′mē-ə)
n.
The presence of viruses in the bloodstream.

vi·re′mic (-mĭk) adj.
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vi•re•mi•a

(vaɪˈri mi ə)

n.
the presence of a virus in the blood.
[1945–50; vir(us) + -emia]
vi•re′mic, adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.viremia - the presence of a virus in the blood stream; "viremia spread the smallpox virus to the internal organs"
pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
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vi·re·mi·a

n. viremia, presencia de un virus en la sangre.
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viremia

n viremia
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Pakistan, being number two in the world with HCV viremia prevalence of 5.8pc, shares a major disease burden,' he said.
The studies explore the first two critical steps thought to be necessary for a direct acting antiviral therapy to achieve higher cure rates, including the ability to eliminate residual viremia and prevent new viral replication, and the prevention of new cccDNA generation.
The researchers, after adjusting for potential confounding factors, found that RA patients who received the influenza vaccine had reduced risk of hospitalization for septicemia, bacteremia, or viremia (hazard ratio, 0.65; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.45 to 0.94), and lower risk of mortality (hazard ratio, 0.62; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.39 to 0.97).
Dengue infection has a viraemic phase that lasts for 4-8 days,9 and most infections remains sub-clinical.10 Viremia can withstand, for a longer period of time in patients who develop clinical disease, prior to onset of symptoms, thus could not be detected during blood transfusions in this phase, as viral RNA load is lower than detection range and may declare the blood as safe for transfusion.11
We report a case of early pregnancy loss associated with Zika virus with evidence of persistent maternal viremia after uterine evacuation.
Secondary endpoints of time to first protocol-defined CMV viremia and time to first use of adjudicated CMV-specific antiviral therapy were also not met.
Uldrick and Cheever said review of the case suggests the patient had a history of symptomatic KSHV viremia, and the study has been changed to exclude such patients in the future and provide specific guidelines for management should new symptomatic KSHV viremia be observed.
Secondary endpoints in clude time to first CMV viremia and time to CMV-specific antiviral therapy.
Among 183 infants born to women with evidence of HCV viremia during pregnancy, 34% received recommended HCV testing (3).
GBS cases temporally associated with short-term ZIKV infection (viremia less than 5 to 7 days after the onset of symptoms) have been reported in French Polynesia (6); Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Suriname, and Venezuela (7); and Haiti (8).
Congenital CMV infection results from transplacental transmission of the virus during maternal viremia. The fetus can be infected by either a newly acquired (primary) maternal infection or a recurrent (reactivated) maternal infection.