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Klappentext This comprehensive manual serves as a source of basic and clinical information for the physician regarding viruses and viral diseases and as a reference source for laboratorians to aid in the diagnosis of virus infection by providing detailed information on individual techniques. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive manual serves as a source of basic and clinical information for the physician regarding viruses and viral diseases and as a reference source for laboratorians to aid in the diagnosis of virus infection by providing detailed information on individual techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsSECTION I. LABORATORY PROCEDURES FOR DETECTING VIRUSES1. Quality Assurance in Clinical Virology Christine C. Ginocchio2. Specimen Requirements: Selection! Collection! Transport! and Processing Thomas E. Grys and Thomas F. Smith3. Primary Isolation of Viruses Marie L. Landry4. The Cytopathology of Virus Infection Roger D. Smith and Anthony Kubat5. Electron Microscopy and Immunoelectron Microscopy Raymond Tellier! John Nishikawa! and Martin Petric6. Immunofluorescence Ted E. Schutzbank! Robyn McGuire! and David R. Scholl7. Enzyme Immunoassays and Immunochromatography Diane S. Leland8. Immunoenzymatic Techniques for Detection of Viral Antigens in Cells and Tissue Christopher R. Polage and Cathy A. Petti9. Neutralization David Schnurr10. Hemadsorption and Hemagglutination-Inhibition Stephen A. Young11. Immunoglobulin M Determinations Dean D. Erdman and Lia M. Haynes12. Susceptibility Test Methods: Viruses Max Q. Arens and Ella M. Swierkosz13. Application of Western Blotting to Diagnosis of Viral Infections Mark B. Meads and Peter G. Medveczky14. Nucleic Acid Amplification and Detection Methods Danny L. Wiedbrauk15. Quantitative Molecular Techniques Frederick S. Nolte16. Flow Cytometry James J. McSharrySECTION II. VIRAL PATHOGENS17. Respiratory Viruses Christine Robinson18. Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses Mark A. Pallansch and M. Steven Oberste19. Rotavirus! Caliciviruses! Astroviruses! Enteric Adenoviruses! and Other Viruses Causing Acute Gastroenteritis Tibor Farkas and Xi Jiang20. Waterborne Hepatitis David A. Anderson21. Blood-Borne Hepatitis Viruses: Hepatitis Viruses B! C! and D and Candidate Agents of Cryptogenetic Hepatitis Mauro Bendinelli! Mauro Pistello! Fabrizio Maggi! and Marialinda Vatteroni22. Rabies Charles V. Trimarchi and Robert J. Rudd23. Arboviruses John T. Roehrig and Robert S. Lanciotti24. Human Papillomaviruses Raphael P. Viscidi and Keerti V. Shah25. Human Polyomaviruses Raphael P. Viscidi and Keerti V. Shah26. Herpes Simplex Viruses Laure Aurelian27. Cytomegalovirus! Varicella-Zoster Virus! and Epstein-Barr Virus Sonali K. Sanghavi! David T. Rowe! and Charles R. Rinaldo! Jr.28. Human Herpesviruses 6! 7! and 8 Philip E. Pellett and Sheila C. Dollard29. Poxviruses Victoria A. Olson! Russell L. Regnery! and Inger K. Damon30. Parvoviruses Stanley J. Naides31. Measles! Mumps! and Rubella William J. Bellini and Joseph P. Icenogle32. Human Retroviruses! Human Immunodeficiency Virus! and Human T-Lymphotropic Retrovirus (HTLV) Jörg Schüpbach33. Chlamydiae Charlotte A. Gaydos34. Rodent-Borne Viruses Brian Hjelle and Fernando Torres-PerezAPPENDICES: REFERENCE LABORATORIESA1. Virology Services Offered by the Federal Reference Laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Brian W. J. MahyA2. State Public Health Laboratory Virology Services Rosemary Humes ...
