Table of Contents

Section 1: Laboratory Procedures for Detecting Viruses 1. Quality Control in Clinical Virology, Ann L. Warford 2. Specimen Requirements, Thomas F. Smith 3. Primary Isolation of Viruses, Marie L. Landry and G. D. Hsiung 4. The Cytopathology of Virus Infections, Roger D. Smith and Rawia Yassin 5. Electron Microscopy and Immunoelectron Microscopy, Martin Petric 6. The Interference Assay, Charles A. Reed 7. Immunofluorescence, Ted Schutzbank 8. Radioimmunoassay, Isa Mushahwar 9. Enzyme Immunoassay, Diane Leland 10. Immunoperoxidase Detection of Viral Antigens in Cells, Helen Gay, John J. Docherty, and Joseph E. Kall, Jr. 11. Complement Fixation Test, Lillian M. Stark and Arthur L. Lewis 12. Neutralization, Harold C. Ballew 13. Hemagglutination Inhibition and Hemadsorption, Leroy C. McLaren and Stephen Young 14. Immune Adherence Hemagglutination, Evelyne T. Lennette and David A. Lennette 15. IgM Determinations, Dean D. Erdman 16. Antiviral Drug Susceptibility Testing, Ella Swierkosz 17. Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Attila T. Lorincz 18. Application of Immunoblotting for the Diagnosis of Viral Infections, Peter G. Medveczky 19. Molecular Diagnostics, Danny Wiedbrauk 20. Quantitative Molecular Technologies, Fredrick Nolte 21. Flow Cytometry, James McSharry 22. Automation, Curt Gleaves Section 2: Viral Pathogens 23. Respiratory Viruses, Maurice A. Mufson 24. Enteroviruses, Heinz Zeichhardt and Hans-Peter Grunert 25. Rotavirus, Enteric Adenoviruses, Norwalk Virus, and Other Gastroenteritis Tract Viruses, Larry K. Pickering, David O. Matson, Douglas K. Mitchell, and Miguel O'Ryan 26. Waterborne Hepatitis, David Anderson 27. Blood Borne Hepatitis (B, C, D, G), Mauro Bendinelli 28. Rabies, Charles Trimarchi 29. Arboviruses, John Roerhig 30. Papovaviruses, Keerti V. Shah 31. Herpes Simplex Viruses, Laure Aurelian 32. Cytomegalovirus, Varicella-Zoster, and Epstein-Barr Virus, Charles Rinaldo 33. Human Herpesvirus Types 6, 7, and 8, Phil Pellet and Sheila Dollard 34. Poxviruses, Mark Buller 35. Parvoviruses, Stanley J. Naides 36. Measles, Mumps, and Rubella, John Sever 37. Human Retroviruses, Fulvia Veronese, et al 38. Chlamydia, Pneumoniae, and Psitticae, Julius Schachter 39. Rodent Borne Viruses, Brian Hjelle 40. Clinically Important Viruses from Environmental Matrices, Chuck Gerba Section 3: Reference Laboratories 41. Virology Services Offered by the Federal Reference Laboratory Centers for Disease Control 42. State Laboratory Virology Services 43. Laboratories Offering Viral Diagnostic Services