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Sen A, Balamurugan V, Rajak KK, Chakravarti S, Bhanuprakash V, Singh RK. Role of heavy water in biological sciences with an emphasis on thermostabilization of vaccines. Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 8:1587-602. [DOI: 10.1586/erv.09.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Speers D, Phillips P, Dyer J. Combination assay detecting both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) p24 antigen and anti-HIV antibodies opens a second diagnostic window. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:5397-9. [PMID: 16208030 PMCID: PMC1248444 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.10.5397-5399.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fourth-generation human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening immunoassays reduce the diagnostic window between infection and diagnosis by the inclusion of HIV p24 antigen detection together with HIV antibody detection in the same test. We compared third- and fourth-generation HIV immunoassays and a dedicated HIV p24 antigen test for detection of a case of HIV seroconversion. This demonstrated a second diagnostic window using the fourth-generation assay due to a decline of HIV p24 antigen prior to the detection of HIV antibody. However, HIV p24 antigen was detected in the same sample by the dedicated HIV p24 antigen test, as was HIV proviral DNA. Although it is likely to be rare, this phenomenon has also been reported for other fourth-generation HIV immunoassays and has implications for the reported diagnostic windows of these assays.
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- David Speers
- Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research (PathCentre), Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
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Beddows S, Galpin S, Kazmi SH, Ashraf A, Johargy A, Frater AJ, White N, Braganza R, Clarke J, McClure M, Weber JN. Performance of two commercially available sequence-based HIV-1 genotyping systems for the detection of drug resistance against HIV type 1 group M subtypes. J Med Virol 2003; 70:337-42. [PMID: 12766994 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The use of genotyping assays for the detection and evaluation of drug resistance mutations within the polymerase gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is becoming increasingly relevant in the clinical management of HIV-1 infection. However, genotypic resistance assays available currently have been optimised for genetic subtype B strains of the virus and many clinical centres are presented with strains from subtypes A, C, and D. In the present report, we compare the performance of two sequence-based commercially available kits, the ViroSeq Genotyping System (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA) and the TruGene HIV-1 Genotyping Kit (Visible Genetics, Toronto, Ontario) against a panel of 35 virus isolates from HIV-1 Group M (subtypes A-J). Full-length consensus sequences were generated by the ViroSeq genotyping system for 26 of 31 (83.8%) of the isolates tested, in contrast to the TruGene genotyping system, which generated 16 of 30 (53%) usable sequences overall. Overall, subtype B isolates were sequenced with a greater degree of success than non-subtype B isolates. Discrepancies were found between the consensus sequences reported by each system for each sample (mean difference 1.0%; range 0.0-3.2%), but these appeared to be random and did not affect interpretation of the major resistance codons. In addition, both systems were able to amplify template RNA from low copy viral load plasma samples (10(2)-10(3) RNA copies/ml) taken from a random selection of patient samples encompassing subtypes A-C. While the availability of these genotyping systems should facilitate studies of HIV-1 drug resistance in countries in which these subtypes are prevalent, the performance against subtypes other than B needs to be improved.
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- Simon Beddows
- Jefferiss Trust Research Laboratories, Wright-Fleming Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom
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McKendrick MW, Care CC, Kudesia G, Bates CJ, Oxley MK, Eley A. Is VZV reactivation a common cause of unexplained unilateral pain? Results of a prospective study of 57 patients. J Infect 1999; 39:209-12. [PMID: 10714797 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(99)90051-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Pain is a common reason for patients to present to a doctor. Many patients with zoster have seen their doctor with pain during the days before the rash and zoster sine herpete is well described. If early varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation could be identified confidently, it could provide an opportunity for early antiviral intervention. This prospective study was performed to assess how often patients presenting to their general practitioner with unilateral pain of no obvious clinical cause proved to have evidence of VZV reactivation. METHODS Fifty-seven patients were recruited and followed for 28 days; laboratory testing included VZV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, VZV IgG, IgA and IgM. The control group consisted of 81 blood donors. RESULTS Only two study patients developed the rash of zoster. There was no significant difference in PCR or serological responses between the study group and control group. Clinical characteristics did not enable identification of patients presenting to their doctor with unilateral pain who had prodromal zoster. CONCLUSION There was no evidence on clinical or laboratory tests used in this study to support the view that reactivation of VZV is a common cause of unexplained unilateral pain.
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- M W McKendrick
- Dept. of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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Meng YX, Spira TJ, Bhat GJ, Birch CJ, Druce JD, Edlin BR, Edwards R, Gunthel C, Newton R, Stamey FR, Wood C, Pellett PE. Individuals from North America, Australasia, and Africa are infected with four different genotypes of human herpesvirus 8. Virology 1999; 261:106-19. [PMID: 10441559 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To study human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) transmission between individuals and in populations, we developed a system for genetic fingerprinting of HHV-8 strains based on variation in the HHV-8 K1, glycoprotein B (gB), and glycoprotein H (gH) genes. Using this system, we sequenced nearly the entire K1 gene (840 bp); two segments of the gB gene (open reading frame 8), totaling 813 bp; and a 702-bp segment of the gH gene (open reading frame 22) from blood and tissue samples obtained from 40 human immunodeficiency virus-infected and noninfected individuals, including those with Kaposi's sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma, or Castleman's disease. The specimen collection was assembled from individuals living in diverse geographical locations, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Uganda, and Zambia. As reported by others, K1 was the most variable gene, with up to 16% variation at the nucleotide sequence level and up to 32% variation at the amino acid sequence level. Despite this extensive sequence variation, the K1 amino acid sequence contained 14 conserved cysteine sites, suggesting a conserved tertiary structure. gB and gH sequences were highly conserved, in most cases differing by <0.6% in pairwise comparisons. K1 was the most useful gene for strain discrimination, but the other genes enabled the discrimination of strains with identical K1 sequences. Individuals from diverse geographic locations were infected with four different HHV-8 genotypes; strains did not strictly segregate by continent of origin. The majority of HHV-8 strains from the United States and Europe were relatively closely related, whereas some strains identified from Uganda and Australia were phylogenetically distant. Genotype I strains were the most common and were found on three continents. Identical sequences were found in specimens obtained from different body sites and at different times from the same individual.
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- Y X Meng
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA
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Clavijo A, Thorsen J. Application of polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of caprine arthritis—encephalitis. Small Rumin Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00840-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Perrons CJ, Fox JD, Lucas SB, Brink NS, Tedder RS, Miller RF. Detection of polyomaviral DNA in clinical samples from immunocompromised patients: correlation with clinical disease. J Infect 1996; 32:205-9. [PMID: 8793709 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(96)80020-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Clinical samples from immunocompromised patients were screened for polyomaviral sequences by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to evaluate the association of these viral infections with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). JC virus (JCV) DNA was detected in 19 of 23 CSF samples and all four brain samples from patients with PML. Neither BK virus (BKV) nor simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA were detected in these samples. No evidence was found to support the hypothesis that polyomaviral DNA is present in the central nervous system of immunosuppressed patients without PML (CSF n = 67, brain n = 19). JCV DNA was not detected in any peripheral blood sample included in this study. JCV DNA was detected in urine from three of eight patients with PML, but was also amplified from three of 29 urine samples from patients without PML, JCV, and not SV40 or BKV, was associated with PML in this study.
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- C J Perrons
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University College London Medical School, U.K
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Nelson PN, Rawal BK, Boriskin YS, Mathers KE, Powles RL, Steel HM, Tryhorn YS, Butcher PD, Booth JC. A polymerase chain reaction to detect a spliced late transcript of human cytomegalovirus in the blood of bone marrow transplant recipients. J Virol Methods 1996; 56:139-48. [PMID: 8882644 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(95)01900-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A reverse transcription (RT) nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure is described for detecting RNA to a spliced late gene (SLG) of human cytomegalovirus (CMV), the product of which (175 bp) is easily differentiated in agarose gels from the product when the target is unspliced viral RNA or DNA (258 bp). The SLG-RT-PCR has been compared against a semi-quantitative PCR for CMV DNA in buffy-coat specimens collected weekly after bone marrow transplantation from 3 patients and against the results of culturing these specimens for CMV both by conventional virus isolation, based on the detection of cytopathic effect, and by the early detection of infected cells by staining with virus-specific monoclonal antibodies. The detection of CMV RNA by SLG-RT-PCR correlated well with the detection of infective virus but only when the results of both culture methods were combined, in that neither culture method alone was as sensitive as the SLG-RT-PCR. The presence of SLG RNA in the circulation is of value as a marker of active CMV infection.
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- P N Nelson
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of London, UK
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Newell ML, Loveday C, Dunn D, Kaye S, Tedder R, Peckham C, De Maria A, Giaquinto C, Omeñaca F, Canosa C. Use of polymerase chain reaction and quantitative antibody tests in children born to human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected mothers. J Med Virol 1995; 47:330-5. [PMID: 8636699 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890470407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in children born to HIV-infected mothers is complicated by the presence of passively acquired maternal antibodies, and exclusion of infection in these infants remains problematic. The use of genome detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and the quantification of anti-HIV-1 antibodies were examined as methods for early diagnosis. Blood samples were taken from 84 non-breast-fed infants of HIV-infected mothers in five Italian and Spanish centres, a subgroup of children enrolled in the European Collaborative Study (ECS) for whom clinical and immunological information has been documented from birth. Whole blood was added to glycigel cryopreservative, stored, and tested in the United Kingdom by a nested PCR method. Antibody to HIV-1 was detected and quantified by titration using a gelatin particle agglutination test. PCR sensitivity and specificity were assessed. Twenty-one of the 84 children tested were infected. The estimated PCR sensitivity ranged from 0% (95% CI 0-26%) on day 1, 57% (19-85) on day 7, to 63% (33-92) on day 30. The negative predictive value of PCR ranged from 85% (83-88) on day 0 to 98% (94-100) at 3 months of age. On average, the level of maternal antibody halved every 33 days (31-36.5) in uninfected children. Between 6 and 9 months of age, increases in antibody titres in infected children were not more informative than absolute levels. These findings suggest that antibody measurement may supplement genomic diagnosis and that this collection method provides an alternative to the use of dried blood spots.
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- M L Newell
- European Collaborative Study Coordinating Centre, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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Whitby D, Howard MR, Tenant-Flowers M, Brink NS, Copas A, Boshoff C, Hatzioannou T, Suggett FE, Aldam DM, Denton AS. Detection of Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus in peripheral blood of HIV-infected individuals and progression to Kaposi's sarcoma. Lancet 1995; 346:799-802. [PMID: 7674745 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91619-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 612] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is consistently found in biopsy samples from patients with AIDS-related and "classical" Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Although highly suggestive of a causal role of KSHV in the pathogenesis of KS, this observation does not exclude the possibility that KSHV, like other herpesviruses, is widely distributed and is a mere "passenger" in these lesions. Here we report that KSHV was detectable in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 24/46 (52%) of KS patients, but in none of 134 blood donors or 26 HIV-uninfected hospital controls. KSHV detection increased with immunosuppression, as shown by a correlation with a reduced number of CD4-positive T-cells. Moreover, KSHV detection in peripheral blood cells of HIV-infected individuals without KS predicted the subsequent appearance of KS lesions. 143 patients who did not have KS at the time of their first (or only) blood sample were followed up for a median of 30 months. Of the 11 who had been KSHV positive 6 developed KS compared with only 12 out of 132 who were KSHV negative. These findings are compatible with a causative role of KSHV in KS. KSHV was rarely detected in sputum and throat swabs of HIV-infected patients, providing a potential explanation for the apparently limited spread of this virus.
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- D Whitby
- Virology Laboratory, University College London Medical School, UK
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Cunningham R, Harris A, Frankton A, Irving W. Detection of cytomegalovirus using PCR in serum from renal transplant recipients. J Clin Pathol 1995; 48:575-7. [PMID: 7665705 PMCID: PMC502693 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.48.6.575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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AIMS To develop a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in serum and leucocytes of renal transplant recipients and compare this assay with CMV culture and serodiagnosis. METHODS Monthly specimens were obtained from 12 patients starting immediately before transplant. CMV infection was monitored by IgM enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, virus culture and PCR on serum and leucocytes. RESULTS Two of four IgG positive patients had reactivation of CMV disease confirmed by culture, three of eight seronegative patients had a primary infection, one confirmed by serology and two by culture. PCR was positive earlier than conventional methods in three cases and concurrently in two. No positive PCR reactions occurred in the seven patients who remained negative by culture and serology. CONCLUSIONS CMV DNA is detectable in serum; serum may be positive before virus is detectable by buffy coat culture; and PCR may be useful as an early indication of potential CMV disease in renal transplant recipients.
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- R Cunningham
- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
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Pane F, Buttò S, Gobbo ML, Franco M, Butteroni C, Pastore L, Maiorano G, Foggia M, Cataldo PT, Guarino A. Direct detection of proviral gag segment of human immunodeficiency virus in peripheral blood lymphocytes by colorimetric PCR assay as a clinical laboratory tool applied to different at-risk populations. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:641-7. [PMID: 7751370 PMCID: PMC228006 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.3.641-647.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We used a colorimetric polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay in kit form to detect directly human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proviral gag sequences in peripheral blood cells from 68 healthy blood donors, 51 subjects at risk for HIV infection, 122 patients with HIV-1 infection, 11 patients with indeterminate Western blot (immunoblot) results, 4 blood donors HIV-1 positive by enzyme immunoassay, and 13 children born to HIV-1-seropositive mothers. The results obtained in the blood donors and HIV-1-infected patients demonstrated the high degree of diagnostic specificity and sensitivity of the PCR method. HIV-1 infection was excluded in 10 of the 11 patients with indeterminate Western blot results and in all four enzyme immunoassay-positive blood donors. A diagnosis of HIV infection was ruled out by negative PCR results in 5 of 13 children from seropositive mothers, which excluded vertical transmission of the infection in these cases; these children were younger than 3 months and had positive serological results. Two at-risk patients with negative serological results had positive PCR results. All results were confirmed by conventional PCR. In conclusion, colorimetric PCR, which is commercially available in kit form, is an easy and reliable technique that can be used to detect proviral HIV-1 genomes in blood cells, and despite the limitations owing to HIV genome variability, it is useful in the clinical setting for the diagnosis of HIV infection in selected categories of patients.
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- F Pane
- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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- Z Ronai
- American Health Foundation, Molecular Carcinogenesis Program, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
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Rawal BK, Booth JC, Fernando S, Butcher PD, Powles RL. Quantification of cytomegalovirus DNA in blood specimens from bone marrow transplant recipients by the polymerase chain reaction. J Virol Methods 1994; 47:189-202. [PMID: 8051226 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(94)90077-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A nested PCR system for cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in blood specimens from bone marrow transplant recipients is described, in which the biotinylated tritium-labelled product from the second round of PCR is quantified using streptavidin-coated fluorometric Scintillation Proximity Assay (SPA) beads (Amersham, UK). This assay has been compared with a PCR procedure based on limiting-dilution, in which the end-point is determined visually following electrophoresis in agarose gel. The two systems were shown to be equivalent in sensitivity and specificity on testing stored serial blood samples from six CMV antibody-positive allogeneic bone marrow transplant patients who developed viraemia as detected by conventional methods of virus isolation in tissue culture.
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- B K Rawal
- Department of Medical Microbiology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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Fernando S, Booth J, Boriskin Y, Butcher P, Carrington D, Steel H, Tryhorn Y, Corbishley C, Keeling P, Murday A. Association of cytomegalovirus infection with post-transplantation cardiac rejection as studied using the polymerase chain reaction. J Med Virol 1994; 42:396-404. [PMID: 8046430 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890420412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The relationship between cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and cardiac allograft rejection is controversial, some authors reporting a significant association, others not, on the basis of the results of conventional virological diagnosis by culture or serology. This problem was reinvestigated in 88 patients using a semi-quantitative nest polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure for detecting CMV DNA in endomyocardial biopsy specimens. Significantly more positive biopsies were obtained from patients with moderate (grade 2; P = 0.02) or severe (grade 3a-4; P = 0.03) rejection than with no or mild (grade 0-1b) rejection, whereas there was no significant association between rejection and CMV as diagnosed by virus isolation from urine, throat or blood, or by the detection of CMV-IgM. PCR-positive biopsies originated most frequently from CMV-antibody positive recipients (R+) of hearts from seropositive donors (D+), in association with moderate or severe rejection rather than with mild or no rejection The detection of CMV in the heart thus seemed to be related more to R+D+ serological status than to severity of rejection, that is, to circumstances that favoured co-infection with strains of CMV from both donor and recipient. Studies on sequential biopsy specimens from selected patients also provided evidence that CMV infection and rejection were not always related events. The PCR was able to differentiate latent from active CMV infection; moreover, some seronegative individuals gave repeatedly positive biopsies, thereby supporting the work of others that some patients undergo CMV infection without mounting a detectable antibody response.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S Fernando
- Department of Medical Microbiology, St. George's Hospital Medical School (University of London), England
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Noda S, Eizuru Y, Minamishima Y, Ikenoue T, Mori N. Detection of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection by the polymerase chain reaction using dried blood specimens on filter papers. J Virol Methods 1993; 43:111-22. [PMID: 8360312 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(93)90094-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A simple method for detection of proviral DNA sequences of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was developed using dried blood specimens on filter papers. The whole blood was blotted onto the Guthrie paper. After the blood has dried, the blotted paper was punched out into small discs. The discs were then boiled to prepare the template for PCR (filter paper-PCR method). The filter paper-PCR method detected even a single HTLV-1-infected cell in three discs. The sensitivity of the filter paper-PCR method was equivalent to that of the method in which DNA was extracted with phenol and used as the template for PCR (DNA extraction-PCR method). In addition, DNA in the blotted filter paper was still utilizable as the template after the storage at 25 degrees C for at least 7 wk. A total of 53 clinical specimens from 30 seropositive and 23 seronegative individuals who were screened by particle agglutination (PA) test were analysed for HTLV-1 DNA by both PCR methods. Of 30 PA-positive specimens, 28 were also positive for HTLV-1 antibody by Western blot (WB) analysis, but two were indeterminate. The twenty eight WB-positive and one of the two indeterminate specimens were positive for HTLV-1 proviral DNA by both PCR methods. Of 23 PA-negative specimens, 22 were negative for HTLV-1 proviral DNA by both PCR methods. However, one PA-negative specimen was positive by both PCR methods. This patient was a 16-mth-old infant who was born to an HTLV-1 carrier mother and fed thereafter without her breast milk. In comparison to DNA extraction-PCR method, the sensitivity and specificity of the filter paper-PCR method was 100%, respectively.
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- S Noda
- Department of Microbiology, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan
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Tuke PW, Luton P, Garson JA. Differential diagnosis of HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections by restriction enzyme analysis of 'nested' PCR products. J Virol Methods 1992; 40:163-73. [PMID: 1452632 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(92)90065-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A 'nested' polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay is described which is capable of detecting single copies of human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) in genomic DNA extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). A single set of 'nested' oligonucleotide primers, based on the highly conserved tax/rex region of the viral genome, was able to detect both HTLV-I and HTLV-II proviral sequences in clinical samples of diverse geographical origins, from the United States, Great Britain, Japan, the Caribbean, Italy, Greece, Iraq and West Africa. Rapid discrimination between HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections was achieved by restriction enzyme analysis of unpurified second-round PCR products, even in those cases in which serological assays had failed to provide a definitive result. Over a 2-year period, a total of 53 HTLV infections (37 HTLV-I and 16 HTLV-II) were identified by this technique and complete concordance with serological typing, available in 41 cases, was observed.
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- P W Tuke
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, UK
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Kaye S, Loveday C, Tedder RS. A microtitre format point mutation assay: application to the detection of drug resistance in human immunodeficiency virus type-1 infected patients treated with zidovudine. J Med Virol 1992; 37:241-6. [PMID: 1383414 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890370402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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An assay for the analysis of point mutations in DNA fragments amplified by the polymerase chain reaction is described. The method was applied to the analysis of mutations leading to single amino acid changes in the reverse transcriptase gene of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 that are associated with decreased sensitivity of the virus to the effects of the nucleoside analogue zidovudine. The assay uses a microtitre format allowing large numbers of clinical samples to be analysed, and is a quantitative assay giving information on the relative proportions of wild-type and mutant sequence at the point being analysed. The analysis of mutations in codons 67, 70, 215, and 219 of the RT gene in samples taken at various time points after the commencement of zidovudine therapy shows a high variability in the rate at which these mutations arise and in the proportions of wild-type and mutant sequences observed. The method we describe has wide application to the analysis of other point mutations in clinical or research studies.
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- S Kaye
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, U.K
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