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Mol Cell Probes ; 28(4): 107-12, 2014 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24315968

ABSTRACT

Poliomyelitis has been effectively controlled by the use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) or trivalent live attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). Since 1964, the use of OPV in mass vaccinations has resulted in drastic reductions of the number of poliomyelitis cases caused by wild-type polioviruses. However, the characterization of OPV derivatives with increased neurovirulence, constituted a real problem with respect to OPV safety. Mutations at attenuating sites of the genome and recombination events between Sabin strains of the trivalent OPV vaccine have been correlated with the loss of the attenuated phenotype of OPV strains and the acquisition of traits characteristic of wild polioviruses. In consequence, early detection and characterization of recombinant evolved derivatives of vaccine strains is highly important. In this report, ten PCR assays are described which allow for the identification of rare recombination events located in VP1, 2A, 2C, 3A, 3C and 3D genomic regions and predominant recombination events located in 2C and 3D genomic regions of OPV derivatives. These assays could be readily implemented in diagnostics laboratories lacking sequencing facilities as a first approach for the early detection and characterization of recombinant OPV derivatives.


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Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/genetics , Recombination, Genetic , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Genome, Viral , Humans , Poliomyelitis/prevention & control , Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/classification , Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/isolation & purification , RNA, Viral/analysis
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J Clin Lab Anal ; 11(3): 146-53, 1997.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9138103

ABSTRACT

The severity and recurrences of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infection depend on the type of the infectious agent (HSV-1 or HSV-2), which induces the necessity of a nonambiguous detecting typing. The commonly used capture ELISA technique has to be often supported by DNA analysis to confirm the detection and the typing of HSV viruses in exposed patients. In this report, we describe a rapid and cheap indirect ELISA method using anti-HSV monospecific polyclonal antibodies prepared in the laboratory. The typing of the studied samples was clear, did not need series of dilution, and allowed the immediate classification of viruses without further control examination. We tested 51 specimens, which were typed 25 HSV-1 and 26 HSV-2 strains. The comparison with capture ELISA, restriction enzyme and polymerase chain reaction analysis definitely allowed our method to be assessed as a useful tool for a routine diagnostic.


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Antibodies, Viral/analysis , DNA, Viral/analysis , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods , Herpes Genitalis/diagnosis , Herpes Simplex/diagnosis , Herpesvirus 1, Human/classification , Herpesvirus 2, Human/classification , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Restriction Mapping/methods , DNA Primers/chemistry , DNA Restriction Enzymes , Female , Herpesvirus 1, Human/genetics , Herpesvirus 1, Human/immunology , Herpesvirus 2, Human/genetics , Herpesvirus 2, Human/immunology , Humans , Male , Reagent Kits, Diagnostic , Sensitivity and Specificity
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