The effect of a recombination event in the genomic 3' end on the biological properties and competitiveness of plum pox virus (PPV) was investigated. Therefore, a fragment spanning the coat protein (CP) coding region and a part of the 3' non-translated region of a non-aphid-transmissible strain of PPV (PPV-NAT) was replaced by the corresponding region of a PPV sour cherry isolate (PPV-SoC). The ...

Polák J., Komínek P. (2016): Investigation on the incidence of Plum pox virus in fruit nurseries of the Czech Republic. Plant Protect. Sci., 52: 158–163. Nine different visual evaluations of Plum pox virus (PPV) presence were carried out in four nurseries during 2012–2015. Results of visual evaluation were verified by ELISA. The presence of PPV was confirmed by ELISA in all the trees showing PP...

AIM To evaluate ocular surface molecules after transconjunctival pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). METHODS A total of 28 eyes of 28 patients who received PPV were examined. Tears (10μl) were collected before and after 20-gauge PPV or 23-gauge PPV. The concentrations of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12p70 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α were measured. The concentrations of each cyto...

Purpose: To compare the results of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with and without an encircling scleral band (SB) for the repair of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Methods: We reviewed the records of 49 patients who underwent PPV and combined vitrectomy plus SB for primary RRD. The minimum follow-up time was 6 months. There were 25 eyes in the PPV group and 24 eyes in the PPV plu...

The pathogenicity of two recent German field isolates of Porcine parvovirus (PPV-27a and PPV-143a) and two vaccine viruses [PPV-NADL-2 and PPV-IDT (MSV)], which are used for the production of inactivated vaccines, was investigated by inoculation of pregnant sows at day 40 of gestation. Post-infection sera of these sows as well as antisera prepared in rabbits by immunization with the four above-...

Plum pox virus (PPV) is the most damaging viral pathogen of stone fruits. The detection and identification of its strains are therefore of critical importance to plant quarantine and certification programs. Existing methods to screen strains of PPV suffer from significant limitations such as the simultaneous detection and genotyping of several strains of PPV in samples infected with different i...

OBJECTIVE To assess the combination of scleral buckling (SB) and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) versus PPV alone in the primary repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRDs). METHODS The current study was a retrospective, comparative, interventional, consecutive case series of 179 eyes of 174 patients who underwent primary RRD repair by five surgeons between January 1, 2008 and December 31...

Porcine parvovirus (PPV) coinfection has been shown to increase the incidence and severity of porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) associated disease in gnotobiotic and in colostrum-deprived pigs. PPV and PCV2 coinfection is also common in the grow-finish pigs in the field today. The objectives of this study were to determine the interactions between PCV2 and PPV in conventional SPF pigs and to determin...

Plum pox virus (PPV), a member of the genus Potyvirus, is the causal agent of Sharka, the most detrimental disease of stone-fruit trees worldwide. PPV isolates are grouped into seven distinct strains. The minor PPV-W strain was established recently for the divergent W3174 isolate found in Canada. Here, the partial or complete genomic sequences of four PPV-W isolates from Latvia have been determ...

UNLABELLED Renal transplant recipients are at increased risk of developing invasive pneumococcal diseases but may have poor response to the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV). It may be possible to enhance immunogenicity by priming with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPnC) and boosting with PPV 1 year later. In a randomized single-blind, controlled study, adult recip...