Journal of Virological EeeL aSEVwIE R Journal of Virological Methods 64 (1997) 223-224 Methods Volume contents Volume 64 (1997) Research Papers J.A. Lednicky, J.S. Butel (USA) A coupled PCR and restriction digest method for the detection and analysis of the SV40 regulatory region in infected-cell lysates and clinical samples R.R. Lareu, N.R. Swanson, S.A. Fox (Australia) Rapid and sensitive genotyping of hepatitis C virus by single-strand conformation polymorphism M.J. Lock, P.D. Griffiths, V.C. Emery (UK) Development of a quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction for human herpesvirus 8 19 J.M. Oviedo, F. Rodriguez, P. Gomez-Puertas, A. Brun, N. Gomez, C. Alonso, J.M. Escribano (Spain) High level expression of the major antigenic African swine fever virus proteins p54 and p30 in baculovirus and their potential use as diagnostic reagents 27 L.M. Tapay, Y. Lu, R.B. Gose, E.C.B. Nadala, Jr., J.A. Brock, P.C. Loh (USA) Development of an in vitro quantal assay in primary cell cultures for a non-occluded baculo-like virus of penaeid shrimp 37 T. Sandvik, D.J. Paton, P.J. Lowings (Norway, UK) Detection and identification of ruminant and porcine pestiviruses by nested amplification of 5’ untranslated cDNA regions 43 H. Schneider, P. Spielhofer, K. Kaelin, C. Détsch, F. Radecke, G. Sutter, M.A. Billeter (Switzerland, Germany) Rescue of measles virus using a replication-deficient vaccinia-T7 vector 57 P.M. Regan, A.B. Margolin (USA) Development of a nucleic acid capture probe with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction to detect poliovirus in groundwater 65 K. Tokushige, D. Moradpour, T. Wakita, M. Geissler, N. Hayashi, J.R. Wands (USA, Japan) Comparison between cytomegalovirus promoter and elongation factor-1~% promoter-driven con- structs in the establishment of cell lines expressing hepatitis C virus core protein 73 D. Candotti, M. Rosenheim, J.-M. Huraux, H. Agut (France) Two PBMC-based neutralization assays depict low reactivity of both anti-V3 monoclonal antibod- ies and immune sera against HIV-1 primary isolates 81 T. Peters, H.-J. Schlayer, B. Hiller, B. Rosler, H. Blum, J. Rasenack (Germany) Quasispecies analysis in hepatitis C virus infection by fluorescent single strand conformation polymorphism 95 224 Volume contents vol. 64 (1997) A. Gal-On, E. Meiri, C. Elman, D.J. Gray, V. Gaba (Israel, USA) Simple hand-held devices for the efficient infection of plants with viral-encoding constructs by particle bombardment Research Papers A. Jani, H. Lochmuller, G. Acsadi, M. Simoneau, J. Huard, A. Garnier, G. Karpati, B. Massie (Canada, USA) Generation, validation, and large scale production of adenoviral recombinants with large size inserts such as a 6.3 kb human dystrophin cDNA E. Falcone, E. D’Amore, L. Di Trani, A. Sili, M. Tollis (Italy) Rapid diagnosis of avian infectious bronchitis virus by the polymerase chain reaction J.-F. Cantaloube, R.N. Charrel, H. Attoui, P. Biagini, P. De Micco, X. De Lamballarie (France) Evaluation of four PCR systems amplifying different genomic regions for molecular diagnosis of GB virus C infections C. Liesnard, M.-L. Delforge, M. Tchetcheroff, V. De Maertelaer, C.-M. Farber, J.-P. Van Vooren (Belgium) Importance of method in the determination of syncytium-inducing phenotype of human im- munodeficiency virus type 1 clinical isolates J. Petrik, G.J.M. Pearson, J.-P. Allain (UK) High throughput PCR detection of HCV based on semiautomated multisample RNA capture D.A. Yannarell, R.N. Hjorth (USA) Factors affecting the yield of cold-adapted influenza virus vaccine A.E. Garmendia, Z. Lu, E.R. Tulman (USA) Discrete cleavage patterns of pseudorabies virus immediate early protein (IE180) seen in some cell lines upon extraction after cycloheximide reversal B.A.L.M. Deiman, K. Séron, E.M.J. Jaspars, C.W.A. Pleij (Netherlands, France) Efficient transcription obtained by a new procedure of the tRNA-like structure of turnip yellow mosaic virus by a template-dependent and specific viral RNA polymerase L. Poirel, J.-T. Aubin, A. Gautheret, |. Malet, J.-M. Huraux, H. Agut (France) Use of inverse polymerase chain reaction to characterize a novel human herpesvirus 7 isolate K.-U.D. Grathwohl, M. Horiuchi, N. Ishiguro, M. Shinagawa (Japan) Sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of PrPS° in crude tissue extracts from scrapie-affected mice Short Communication H. Meyer, S.L. Ropp, J.J. Esposito (Germany, USA) Gene for A-type inclusion body protein is useful for a polymerase chain reaction assay to differentiate orthopoxviruses Volume Contents Author index Subject index