Hitherto Japanese B encephalitis (JBE) virus has been isolated in many instances from men, animals and mosquitoes and it has been thought probable that JBE virus is the only prevalent arbor virus in Japan. In the meantime, Ando et al. (1952) reported the isolation of a virus (Negishi virus) from the autopsied brain of a patient clinically diagnosed as JBE. By our recent studies, evidences have ...

This study was performed in order to determine the distance of isolation for the seed potato production from ware potato in three regions of Ardabil, Namin and Nir. The experiment was carried out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with five distances (100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 meters from ware potato) and three replications with Super Elite (SE) class of Agria potato cultivar from wa...

The immunoflourescent antibody technique (IFAT) and cell culture isolation procedures were compared for their efficiency in the etiological diagnosis of viral respiratory illness in children. Before the IFAT was incorporated as a routine procedure, antisera used in the test were carefully calibrated to insure specificity. A study was then conducted in which 375 nasopharyngeal suctions were inve...

A new method for the isolation of simian virus 40 nucleoprotein complexes from nuclei of lytically infected cells is described. The method is based on the addition of a thiol-specific reagent, 5'5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid), to lysis and extraction buffers. By inhibiting an uncoating activity during simian virus 40 extraction, 5'5'-dithiobis (2-nitrobenzoic acid) allows the use of efficien...

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis virus has been isolated with difficulty from brains of infected patients. More strains are needed for the study of the pathogenesis of this virus. To make the isolation more efficient, we selected portions to be examined from the brains of three patients with reference to findings of repeated magnetic resonance and computed tomographic imaging. Three cell lin...

In this study, the pathogenicity of A/Ch/It/5093/1999 H7N1 which had been isolated from chicken during the outbreak in Italy was assessed in chicken by experimental infection virus. Ten SPF chickens of four week-old were inoculated with this virus, and five chickens were inoculated with uninfected allantoic fluid. For determination of virus shedding, oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs were taken f...