Arbovirus surveillance, reference and research, 1984
Arbovirus surveillance, reference and research, 1984
- U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Services. Centers for Disease Control. Center for Infectious Diseases. Division of Vector-Borne Viral DiseasesWorld Health Organization Center for Arbovirus Reference and Research Fort Collins 1984
- 338 p. tabls., grafs., maps.
Arbovirus reagents: Production and distribution; production and distribution of monoclonal reagents; evaluation of reagents; cell culture production and maintenance; quality control tests for the detection of mycoplasma and bacteria. Catalogue of arthropod-borne and select vertebrate viruses of the world: Distribution of catalogue materials; abstracts and current information; registration of new viruses; antigenic grouping; taxonomic status of registered viruses. Diagnostic and W.H.O. reference center activities: Virus isolation attempts; serologic tests of persons vaccinated against arboviruses; diagnostic serology; identification and characterization of virus isolates; reagent evaluation; absence of effect of chloroquine administration on seroconversion to yellow fever vaccine; application of ELISA techniques. Arbovirus epidemic investigations and surveillance activities: Surveillance of human arboviral infections of the central nervous system, United States, 1984; field surveillance activities; epidemic-epizzotic studies; Aedes aegypti distribution and abundance in the southeastern U.S. Arbovirus immunochemistry: Alphavirus immunochemistry; flavivirus immunochemistry. St. Louis encephalitis: Ecological studies: Revised CDC gravid mosquito trap; gravid trap and egg raft collections, Memphis, Tennessee, 1984; summary of gravid trap and resting site collections in Memphis; simultaneous surveillance of SLE vectors by three methods; field trials of ULV resmethrin for control of adult Culex mosquitoes in urban Memphis, Tennessee, 1984; the rapid return to pre-treatment levels. Experimental studies of arbovirus vectors: Chronological age determination in mosquitoes by using daily growth bands on internal apodemes; use of male genitalia for differentiation of Culex species; effects of larval nutrition on the vector competence of Aedes aegypti for Ross River virus; experimental transmission of rocio virus by Psorophora ferox from the epidemic zone in Brazil; trials with portable screen rooms modified for use as animal-baited net traps for mosquito collection; the effect of successive lytic passage of yellow fever virus on infection and transmission rates in orally exposed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes; detection of yellow fever virus in orally infected individual Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by enzyme immunoassay. Arbovirus studies in Argentina: Arbovirus isolations from Argentina; the use of an animal-baited net trap for collecting mosquitoes during western equine encephalitis investigations in Argentina; studies of the mosquito fauna of Argentina; serological and virological studies. Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Vesicular stomatitis VS virus: Epizootic investigations; evaluation of MAC-Elisa in bovines and equines; followup studies, 1982 VS outbreak; animal pathogenesis; antibody surveys in wildlife and small mammal population; studies of Phlebotomine sand flies from the Colorado Front Range. Orbivirus studies: Colorado tick fever in humans, 1984; use of pressurized sprays of permethrin for protection against Dermacentor andersoni ticks in Colorado. Head lice and scabies consultation. Publications: Published in 1984; submitted or in press. Trainees.
Inglés
ARBOVIRUS
ARBOVIRUS/reactivos
Arbovirus reagents: Production and distribution; production and distribution of monoclonal reagents; evaluation of reagents; cell culture production and maintenance; quality control tests for the detection of mycoplasma and bacteria. Catalogue of arthropod-borne and select vertebrate viruses of the world: Distribution of catalogue materials; abstracts and current information; registration of new viruses; antigenic grouping; taxonomic status of registered viruses. Diagnostic and W.H.O. reference center activities: Virus isolation attempts; serologic tests of persons vaccinated against arboviruses; diagnostic serology; identification and characterization of virus isolates; reagent evaluation; absence of effect of chloroquine administration on seroconversion to yellow fever vaccine; application of ELISA techniques. Arbovirus epidemic investigations and surveillance activities: Surveillance of human arboviral infections of the central nervous system, United States, 1984; field surveillance activities; epidemic-epizzotic studies; Aedes aegypti distribution and abundance in the southeastern U.S. Arbovirus immunochemistry: Alphavirus immunochemistry; flavivirus immunochemistry. St. Louis encephalitis: Ecological studies: Revised CDC gravid mosquito trap; gravid trap and egg raft collections, Memphis, Tennessee, 1984; summary of gravid trap and resting site collections in Memphis; simultaneous surveillance of SLE vectors by three methods; field trials of ULV resmethrin for control of adult Culex mosquitoes in urban Memphis, Tennessee, 1984; the rapid return to pre-treatment levels. Experimental studies of arbovirus vectors: Chronological age determination in mosquitoes by using daily growth bands on internal apodemes; use of male genitalia for differentiation of Culex species; effects of larval nutrition on the vector competence of Aedes aegypti for Ross River virus; experimental transmission of rocio virus by Psorophora ferox from the epidemic zone in Brazil; trials with portable screen rooms modified for use as animal-baited net traps for mosquito collection; the effect of successive lytic passage of yellow fever virus on infection and transmission rates in orally exposed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes; detection of yellow fever virus in orally infected individual Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by enzyme immunoassay. Arbovirus studies in Argentina: Arbovirus isolations from Argentina; the use of an animal-baited net trap for collecting mosquitoes during western equine encephalitis investigations in Argentina; studies of the mosquito fauna of Argentina; serological and virological studies. Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Vesicular stomatitis VS virus: Epizootic investigations; evaluation of MAC-Elisa in bovines and equines; followup studies, 1982 VS outbreak; animal pathogenesis; antibody surveys in wildlife and small mammal population; studies of Phlebotomine sand flies from the Colorado Front Range. Orbivirus studies: Colorado tick fever in humans, 1984; use of pressurized sprays of permethrin for protection against Dermacentor andersoni ticks in Colorado. Head lice and scabies consultation. Publications: Published in 1984; submitted or in press. Trainees.
Inglés
ARBOVIRUS
ARBOVIRUS/reactivos