Volume contents

Volume 125 (2005)

Research papersC.A.F. Rezende, M.T.B. De Moraes, D.C. De Souza Matos, D. Mcintoch, G.R.G. Armoa (Brazil)

Humoral response and genetic stability of recombinant BCG expressing hepatitis B surface antigens 1

E.A. Lusi, P. Guarascio, C. Presutti, R. Villani, A. Pellicelli, F. Soccorsi (Italy)

One-step nested PCR for detection of 2 LTR circles in PBMCs of HIV-1 infected patients with no detectable plasma

HIV RNA 11

M. Snippe, J.W. Borst, R. Goldbach, R. Kormelink (The Netherlands)

The use of fluorescence microscopy to visualise homotypic interactions of tomato spotted wilt virus nucleo-

capsid protein in living cells 15

S. Fan, C.A. Maguire, S.H. Ramirez, B. Bradel-Tretheway, R. Sapinoro, Z. Sui, S. Chakraborty-Sett, S. Dewhurst

(USA)

Valproic acid enhances gene expression from viral gene transfer vectors 23

P. Khawplod, K.-i Inoue, Y. Shoji, H. Wilde, S. Ubol, A. Nishizono, I. Kurane, K. Morimoto (Japan, Thailand)

A novel rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test for rabies virus using a recombinant rabies virus visualizing a

green fluorescent protein 35

Y.J. Jang, S.H. Lee, H.-J. Kwon, Y.-S. Chung, B.-J. Lee (South Korea)

Development of rhinovirus study model using organ culture of turbinate mucosa 41

Q.W. Qin, K.Y.-H. Gin, L.Y. Lee, A.I. Gedaria, S. Zhang (PR China, Singapore)

Development of a flow cytometry based method for rapid and sensitive detection of a novel marine fish

iridovirus in cell culture 49

S. Maree, J.T. Paweska (South Africa)

Preparation of recombinant African horse sickness virus VP7 antigen via a simple method and validation of a

VP7-based indirect ELISA for the detection of group-specific IgG antibodies in horse sera 55

N. Suehiro, K. Matsuda, S. Okuda, T. Natsuaki (Japan)

A simplified method for obtaining plant viral RNA for RT-PCR 67

I. Prado, D. Rosario, L. Bernardo, M. Alvarez, R. Rodrıguez, S. Vazquez, M.G. Guzman (Cuba)

PCR detection of dengue virus using dried whole blood spotted on filter paper 75

E. Jacquot, M. Tribodet, F. Croizat, V. Balme-Sinibaldi, C. Kerlan (France)

A single nucleotide polymorphism-based technique for specific characterization of YO and YN isolates of Potato

virus Y (PVY). 83

Short communicationP. Bonnafous, A. Gautheret-Dejean, D. Boutolleau, D. Caıola, H. Agut (France)

Persistence of DNA in cell cultures may jeopardize the analysis of human herpesvirus 6 dynamics by means of

real-time PCR 95

Journal of Virological Methods 125 (2005) 199–200

doi:10.1016/S0166-0934(05)00080-7

Research papersC.L. Wallis, I. Mahomed, L. Morris, T. Chidarikire, G. Stevens, N. Rekhviashvili, W. Stevens (South Africa)

Evaluation of an oligonucleotide ligation assay for detection of mutations in HIV-1 subtype C individuals who

have high level resistance to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and non-nucleoside reverse transcrip-

tase inhibitors 99

M. Formiga-Cruz, A. Hundesa, P. Clemente-Casares, N. Albinana-Gimenez, A. Allard, R. Girones (Spain, Sweden)

Nested multiplex PCR assay for detection of human enteric viruses in shellfish and sewage 111

T.G. Ross, R.P. Rogers, N. Elfrink, N. Bray, E.L. Blewett (USA)

Detection of baboon cytomegalovirus (BaCMV) by PCR using primers directed against the glycoprotein B gene 119

M. Boxus, C. Letellier, P. Kerkhofs (Belgium)

Real Time RT-PCR for the detection and quantitation of bovine respiratory syncytial virus 125

L. Glais, M. Tribodet, C. Kerlan (France)

Specific detection of the PVYN-W variant of Potato virus Y 131

M.J. Kasubi, A. Nilsen, H.S. Marsden, T. Bergstrom, N. Langeland, L. Haarr (Norway, Tanzania, UK, Sweden)

A branched, synthetic oligopeptide corresponding to a region of glycoprotein G of HSV-1 reacts sensitively and

specifically with HSV-1 antibodies in an ELISA 137

A. Ducancelle, J. Gravisse, S. Alain, A.-M. Fillet, F. Petit, M.-J.S. Le Pors, M.-C. Mazeron (France)

Phenotypic characterisation of cytomegalovirus DNA polymerase: a method to study cytomegalovirus isolates

resistant to foscarnet 145

R.M. Armstrong, S.J. Cox, N. Aggarwal, D.J. Mackay, P.R. Davies, P.A. Hamblin, P. Dani, P.V. Barnett, D.J. Paton

(UK)

Detection of antibody to the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) non-structural polyprotein 3ABC in sheep by

ELISA 153

E. Monleon, M. Monzon, P. Hortells, R. Bolea, C. Acın, F. Vargas, J.J. Badiola (Spain)

Approaches to Scrapie diagnosis by applying immunohistochemistry and rapid tests on central nervous and

lymphoreticular systems 165

A. Carra, E. Brocchi, F. De Simone, E. Luisoni (Italy)

Improved serological diagnosis of Poplar mosaic virus with monoclonal antibodies 173

M. Saijo, T. Ogino, F. Taguchi, S. Fukushi, T. Mizutani, T. Notomi, H. Kanda, H. Minekawa, S. Matsuyama, H.T.

Long, N.T.H. Hanh, I. Kurane, M. Tashiro, S. Morikawa (Japan, Vietnam)

Recombinant nucleocapsid protein-based IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the serological diag-

nosis of SARS 181

R.C. Hartwell, M.S. Nelson, M.M. Kislan, C.J. Stenland, J.L.C. Miller, D.Y. Pifat, S.R. Petteway Jr., K. Cai (USA)

An improved Western blot assay to assess the clearance of prion protein from plasma-derived therapeutic

proteins 187

Short communicationC. Danis, E. Rassart, G. Lemay (Canada)

Sequence analysis of murine leukemia virus envelope gene from inoculated mice 195

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