Transfer factor prevents relapses in herpes keratitis patients: A pilot study
| Autor: | G. Pizza, R.A. Meduri, De Vinci C, Viza D, Lucia Scorolli |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male Adolescent Cytomegalovirus Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Pilot Projects Transfer Factor Antibodies Viral medicine.disease_cause Virus Herpesviridae Ocular herpes Keratitis Uveitis Immune system Antigen Recurrence medicine Humans Child Aged Pharmacology Immunity Cellular business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Antibody Formation Immunology Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Keratitis Herpetic Female Viral disease business |
| Zdroj: | Biotherapy. 8:63-68 |
| ISSN: | 1573-8280 0921-299X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01878122 |
| Popis: | Transfer Factor is a dialysable moiety obtained from immune lymphocytes. It has been successfully used for the treatment of several viral infections including labial and genital herpes. In the present study, thirty-three patients with low immune response to HSV antigens and suffering from herpes ocular infections were orally treated with HSV-specific transfer factor (TF). Their relapse index was reduced from 20.1 before treatment to 0.51 after TF administration, with only 6/33 patients relapsing. Although this is not a placebo-controlled-randomized study, the results suggest that TF specific for HSV antigens may be efficacious for preventing relapses of ocular herpes infections as has been the case with genital and labial localisations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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