Immunological and Molecular Diagnosis of

Contributions to the 13th International Convocation on Immunology held in Buffalo, June 1-5, 1996. 57 contributors, 51 U.S. DNLM: Communicable Diseases-diagnosis-Congresses.

Preface

iii

(6)

Contributors

ix

I. Immunological and Molecular Approaches

3

(102)

1. DNA Amplification

3

(6)

Robert E. Farrell, Jr.

2. Branched DNA for Quantification of Viral Load

9

(6)

Judith C. Wilber

3. NASBA Technology: Isothermal RNA Amplification in Qualitative and Quantitative Diagnostics

15

(14)

Joseph W. Romano

Kimberly G. Williams

Roxanne N. Shurtliff

Christine Ginocchio

Mark Kaplan

4. Concerted Use of Immunologic and Ultrastructural Analyses in Diagnostic Medicine: Immunoelectron Microscopy and Correlative Microscopy

29

(10)

S. E. Miller

D. N. Howell

5. Adsorption-Induced Antigenic Changes and Their Significance in ELISA and Immunological Disorders

39

(16)

J. E. Butler

P. Navarro

J. Sun

6. Rapid Diagnosis of Periodontal Infections: Findings in AIDS Patients

55

(12)

Joseph J. Zambon

7. Uses of Biosensors in the Study of Viral Antigens

67

(16)

Marc H. V. Van Regenmortel

Daniele Altschuh

Jean Chatellier

Nathalie Rauffer-Bruyere

Pascale Richalet-Secordel

Helene Saunal

8. Identification and Function of Host Defense Cells by Flow Cytometry

83

(8)

Carleton C. Stewart

9. Application of Flow Cytometry in Transplantation Medicine

91

(14)

T. Shanahan

II. Bacterial and Parasitic Infections

105

(86)

10. Critical Assessment of Gene Amplification Approaches on the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

105

(12)

Betty A. Forbes

11. Borrelia burgdorferi Infection: Clinical Diagnostic Techniques

117

(12)

P. K. Coyle

12. The Toxins of Group A Streptococcus, the Flesh Eating Bacteria

129

(22)

Dennis L. Stevens

13. Diagnosis of Chlamydial Infection in the Pediatric Population

151

(6)

M. R. Hammerschlag

14. DFA, EIA, PCR, LCR, and Other Technologies: What Tests Should be Used for Diagnosis of Chlamydia Infections?

157

(6)

J. Schachter

15. Molecular Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori

163

(12)

T. Ulf Westblom

16. Immunodiagnosis of Schistosomiasis

175

(16)

Victor C. W. Tsang

Patricia P. Wilkins

III. Viral Infections

191

(68)

17. The Evolution of Hantaviruses

191

(8)

Xinyang Zhao

John Hay

18. Laboratory Diagnosis of Hepatitis C

199

(10)

Frederick S. Nolte

19. Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for the Detection of Cytomegalovirus in Organ and Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients

209

(22)

Mary Jo Evans

Yadira Edwards-Spring

Jean Myers

Alice Wendt

Deborah Povinelli

Daniel Amsterdam

Kate Rittenhouse-Diakun

Donald Armstrong

Brian M. Murray

Steven J. Greenberg

Marie Riepenhoff-Talty

20. HTL V-Associated Diseases: Human Retroviral Infection and Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas

231

(12)

K. Fujihara

B. Goldman

A. R. Oseroff

N. Glenister

E. S. Jaffe

E. Bisaccia

S. Pincus

S. J. Greenberg

21. Management of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients

243

(16)

Brian M. Murray

IV. Syndromes of Various Infectious Origins

259

(32)

22. Immunodiagnosis of Prion Disease

259

(10)

R. J. Kascsak

R. Fersko

D. Pulgiano

R. Rubenstein

R. I. Carp

23. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

269

(6)

A. C. Mawle

24. Superantigens: Their Role in Infectious Diseases

275

(8)

Dennis L. Stevens

25. Searching for Superantigens

283

(8)

P. M. Schlievert

Author Index

291

(2)

Subject Index

293

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