E L S E V I E R Journal of Virological Methods 65 (1997) 319-321

Journal of Virological Methods

Volume contents

Volume 65 (1997)

Research Papers

G.R.B. Skinner, M.A. Billstrom, S. Randall, A. Ahmad, S. Patel, J. Davies, A. Deane (UK) A system for isolation, transport and storage of herpes simplex viruses 1

V. Thiers, F. Jaffredo, R. Tuveri, N. Chodan, C. Brdchot (France) Development of a simple restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) based assay for HCV genotyping and comparative analysis with genotyping and serotyping tests 9

M. Deichmann, M. Bentz, R. Haas (Germany) Ultra-sensitive FISH is a useful tool for studying chronic HIV-1 infection 19

P. Roberts (UK) Efficient removal of viruses by a novel polyvinylidene fluoride membrane filter 27

R.F. Meyer, G.D. Babcock, J.F.E. Newman, T.G. Burrage, K. Toohey, J. Lubroth, F. Brown (USA) Baculovirus expressed 2C of foot-and-mouth disease virus has the potential for differentiating convalescent from vaccinated animals 33

A. Chang, J.M. Ostrove, R.E. Bird (USA) Development of an improved product enhanced reverse transcriptase assay 45

M.M. Berger, D.M. See, B. Redl, M. Aymard, L. Bruno (France, USA, Austria) Direct in situ reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Enterovirus genome in liver tissues 55

T.J. Harvey, T.B. Macnaughton, E.J. Gowans (Australia) The development and characterisation of a SV40 T-antigen positive cell line of human hepatic origin 67

N. Bumstead, J. Sillibourne, M. Rennie, N. Ross, F. Davison (UK) Quantification of Marek's disease virus in chicken lymphocytes using the polymerase chain reaction with fluorescence detection 75

O.S. Morenkov, Y.A. Sobko, O.A. Panchenko (Russia, Ukraine) Glycoprotein gE blocking ELiSAs to differentiate between Aujeszky's disease-vaccinated and infected animals 83

B.B. Goswami, W. Burkhardt III, T.A. Cebula (USA) Identification of genetic variants of hepatitis A virus 95

J. Gardner, R. Khanna, M.A. Sherritt, A. Suhrbier (Australia) Use of recombinant vaccinia to restimulate antigen specific human peripheral blood cytotoxic T lymphocytes 105

F. Lin, D.K.J. Mackay, N.J. Knowles (UK) Detection of swine vesicular disease virus RNA by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction 111

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A. Ravaggi, M. Raffaella Biasin, D. Infantolino, E. Carlani (Italy) Comparison of competitive and non-competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the quantification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA 123

A.K. Soliman, D.M. Watts, A.W. Salib, A.E.D. Shehata, R.R. Arthur, B.A.M. Botros (Egypt, Peru, USA) Application of an immunoperoxidase monolayer assay for the detection of arboviral antibodies 147 R.-Y. Tang, Y. Su (Taiwan, R.O.C.) Construction of a cell-based high-flux assay for the rev protein of HIV-1 153

H. Jen Liu, J.J. Giambrone, B.L. Nielsen (USA) Molecular characterization of avian reoviruses using nested PCR and nucleotide sequence analysis 159

H. Denac, C. Moser, J.D. Tratschin, M.A. Hofmann (Switzerland) An indirect ELISA for the detection of antibodies against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus using recombinant nucleocapsid protein as antigen 169

T.-Z. Chen, J.-C. Wu, L.-C. Au, K.-B. Choo (Taiwan, R.O.C.) Specific inhibition of delta antigen by in vitro system by antisense oligodeoxynucleotide: implica- tions for translation mechanism and treatment 183

A.M. Lindberg, C. Polacek, S. Johansson (Sweden) Amplification and cloning of complete enterovirus genomes by long distance PCR 191

Y.-G. Cho, H.-S. Moon, Y.-C. Sung (South Korea) Construction of hepatitis C-SIN virus recombinants with replicative dependency on hepatitis C virus serine protease activity 201

S. Moir, M. Boissinot, M. Tremblay, L. Poulin (Canada) CD4 deletion mutants evaluated for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infectivity in a highly efficient system of expression and detection based on LTR-dependent reporter gene activation 209

C.-T. Yeh, VV.-C. Shyu, I.-S. Sheen, C.-M. Chu, Y.-F. Liaw (Taiwan) Quantitative assessment of hepatitis C virus RNA by polymerase chain reaction and a digoxigenin detection system: comparison with branched DNA assay 219

Z. Chen, P.G.VV. Plagemann (USA) Detection of lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus in transplantable mouse tumors by biological assay and RT-PCR assays and its removal from the tumor cell 227

S. Castelain, H. Khorsi, P. Zawadzki, J.-M. Sueur, J.-P. Capron, F. Eb, G. Duverlie (France) Direct blotting electrophoresis for sequencing and genotyping hepatitis C virus 237

J.-M. Pawlotsky, A. Bastie, I. Lonjon, J. R~mir6, F. Darthuy, C.-J. Soussy, D. Dhumeaux (France) What technique should be used for routine detection and quantification of HBV DNA in clinical samples? 245

I. Birch-Machin, A. Rowan, J. Pick, J. Mumford, M. Binns (UK) Expression of the nonstructural protein NS1 of equine influenza A virus: detection of Anti-NSl antibody in post infection equine sera 255

C. Gantzer, S. Senouci, A. Maul, Y. Levi, L. Schwartzbrod (France) Enterovirus genomes in wastewater: concentration on glass wool and glass powder and detection by RT-PCR 265

M.P. Gonz~lez, X. S#nchez, M.A. Ganga, M. L6pez-Lastra, M. Jash#s, A.M. Sandino (Chile) Detection of the infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus directly from infected fish tissues by dot blot hybridization with a non-radioactive probe 273

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N. Jothikumar, D.O. Cliver (USA) Elution and reconcentration of coliphages in water from positively charged membrane filters with urea-arginine phosphate buffer

T.-C. Wu, S.-T. Hsieh, B.W. Purow, n.J. Kurman (USA, ROC) Demonstration of human papillomavirus (HPV) genomic amplification and viral-like particles from CaSki cell line in SCID mice

C. Payan, N. V~al, B. Crescenzo-Chaigne, L. B~lec, J. Pillot (France) New quantitative assay of Hepatitis B and C viruses by competitive PCR using alternative internal sequences

M.R. Biasin, G. Fiordalisi, L Zanella, A. Cavicchini, G. Marchelle, D. Infantolino (Italy) A DNA hybridization method for typing hepatitis C virus genotype 2c

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