我国新分离虫媒病毒的初步鉴定

1990－1994年,从新疆地区的蚊、蜱和病人血清分离了多株病毒,为了明确这些病毒的分类地位,对其中的20株病毒进行了组织培养细胞感染实验和血清学检验,对部分毒株做了动物接种实验和理化性质鉴定。结果显示：20株病毒均可使BHK－21细胞病变（1－3天）,主要表现为细胞圆宿、聚集,融合,破碎,脱落等;致Vero细胞病变为2－4天;15株病毒致C6／36细胞病变（2－4天）,5株病毒对C6／36细胞连续观察7天未见细胞病变。11株病毒对乳鼠2－4天致死,对成年鼠2－5天致死。选取6株病毒进行理化性质鉴定,4株病毒（90260、91002、91004和91028）对5－氟脱氧尿苷耐受,对乙醚和酸敏感,提示为有膜RNA病毒;一株病毒（90265）对5－氟脱氧尿苷、乙醚和酸均敏感,提示为有膜DNA病毒;另一株病毒（9059）对5－氟脱氧尿苷耐受,对乙醚和酸也耐受,提示可能为无膜RNA肠道病毒。20株病毒中,17株病毒与甲病毒、乙型脑炎病毒和布尼亚病毒的特异性免疫腹水不反应,提示这些病毒中可能不存在甲病毒、黄病毒和布尼亚病毒;3株病毒（90260、91002和91004）只与甲病毒的特异性免疫腹水反应,与乙型脑炎病毒和布尼亚病毒的不反应,提示这三株病毒为甲病毒。     

含HIV-1 gag、gagV3基因的重组腺病毒伴随病毒的构建及其免疫原性的研究

将HIV－1中国株42（B亚型）gag基因及gag与gp120 V3区的嵌合基因gag V3插入腺病毒伴随病毒（AAV）表达载体（pSNAV）质粒中,构建重组质粒pSNAV-gag及pSNAV-gagV3;采用脂质体转染的方法分别将重组质粒转入BHK细胞,G418筛选得到转入重组质粒并能表达外源基因的细胞系,命名为BHK－gag及BHK－gagV3。用具有重组腺病毒伴随病毒（rAAV）包装功能的一种重组单纯疱疹病毒（rHSV）分析感染这两株细胞系,纯化后得到rAAV,电镜观察可见到大量实心病毒颗粒,核酸杂交检测重组病毒滴度达到10^12病毒颗粒／ml,重组病毒感染293细胞,ELISA检测有gag及gagV3基因的表达。用重组病毒免疫Balb/C小鼠,检测抗体及细胞免疫水平,证明重组病毒可以在小鼠体内诱导产生细胞及体液免疫。     

抗EHFV的独特型抗体在大鼠体内诱导免疫应答的研究

本文介绍用流行性出血热（EHF）病毒J10株制备单克隆抗体（McAb),以及用7个McAb免疫家兔,使其产生抗EHF病毒McAb的抗体即独特型抗体（Ab2）。Ab2能在体外同出血热病人恢复期血清和EHF病毒免疫的兔血清发生特异性结合。再经EHF－McAb亲和层析法分离提纯Ab2,免疫BALb/c小鼠,将所获得的免疫血清（Ab3）用荧光和ELISA分别加以测定,结果表明,抗－抗独特型抗体可在体外识别EHF病毒,而不能同病病人恢复期血清发生结合,从而支持免疫网络学说,可能为我们提供一种新型的抗原来源途径。     

抗EHFV的独特型抗体在小鼠体内诱导免疫应答的研究

本文介绍用流行性出血热（EHF）病毒J10株制备单克隆抗体（McAb）,以及用7个McAb免疫家兔,使其产生抗EHF病毒McAb的抗体即抗独特型 抗体（Ab2).Ab2能在体外同出血热病人恢复期血清和EHF病毒免疫的兔血清发生特异性结合。再经EHF－McAb亲和层析法分离提纯Ab2,免疫BALb/c小鼠,将所获得的免疫血清（Ab3）用荧光和ELISA分别加以测定。结果表明,抗－抗独特型抗体可在体外识别EHF病毒,而不能同病病人恢复期血清发生结合,从而支持免疫网络学说,可能为我们提供一种新型的抗原来源途径。     

肠道传播非甲非乙肝炎在恒河猴中的传代研究

用ET-NANBH感染的两只猴(R5和R6)含病毒颗粒的粪便悬液和肝组织悬液分别接种7只和4只恒河猴,分别有5只猴和4只猴在攻毒后20—49天内ALT开始升高,持续时间为7—10天,肝组织学的特征性改变为肝细胞的嗜酸性变和嗜酸小体的形成。在猴ALT升高前2—3天和升高后一周内均检查到大量的27—34nm的病毒样颗粒,这些颗粒只与ET-NANBH病人血清、黑猩猩和猴感染后急性期和恢复期血清发生特异性聚集。在猴感染后血清中未检出抗-HAV、抗-HAV-IgM、HBsAg和抗-HBe-IgM。结果提示:恒河猴是研究ET-NANBH较适宜的动物模型;病人和猴粪便中的27—34nm的病毒样颗粒是ET-NANBH的病原因子。     

1996年延边地区无菌性脑膜脑炎病因病毒的分离及初步鉴定

吉林省延边地区１９９６年６月发生无菌性脑膜脑炎流行,在全地区２１６万人口中,发病人数约５￣６千人,死亡２人,为历史上所罕见。从病人脑脊液和粪便标本中分离到多株病毒,分离率较高（分别达到５２．４％￣６６．７％）。用ＷＨＯ提供的ＲＩＶＭ肠道病毒组合血清进行中和定型,不能确定型别。ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ结果表明为肠道病毒。病人早期血清特异性ＩｇＭ抗性阳性率７２．０％,证明所分离的病毒为此次无菌性脑膜脑炎暴发流行的     

免疫印迹法在实验大鼠汉坦病毒监测中的应用及与间接免疫荧光法之比较

用汉坦病毒汉滩株（７６－１１８）重组核蛋白作为免疫印迹法（ＷｅｓｔｅｒｎＢｌｏｔ以下简称ＷＢ）的诊断抗原,用于实验感染大鼠血清抗体效价测定。同时与用汉城株（ＳＲ－１１）感染的Ｖｅｒｏ－Ｅ６细胞作抗原的间接免疫荧光法（以下简称ＩＦＡ）进行比较。ＷＢ法对３／４标本在大鼠接种病毒后第３天测得血清ＩｇＭ阳性,而ＩＦＡ法仅１／４标本出现阳性,ＩＦＡ效价为１：５１２０的血清,ＷＢ效价为１’：４０９６０,且在血清１：１０稀释时反应带亦清晰。两种方法分别测定６４份大鼠血清。甩ＩＦＡ法,４４份（６８．８％）出现类似阳性的荧光颗粒,而用ＷＢ法测定,无特异的反应带出现。非感染Ｖｅｒｏ－Ｅ６细胞作ＩＦＡ抗原,３０份（４６．９％）与正常细胞抗原有反应,此结果表明ＷＢ法在特异性和敏感性方面均高于ＩＦＡ法。ＩＦＡ法中的非特异性反应系血清与细胞成份之反应。     

广东两株人免疫缺陷病毒的分离和鉴定

从我省两名经性途径感染艾滋病的病人中采血,分离外周血单核细胞（ＰＢＭＣｓ）,将其与正常人ＰＢＭＣｓ共培养分离人免疫缺陷病毒（ＨＩＶ）,３周后检测上清ＨＩＶ－１ｐ２４抗原（ＥＬＩＳＡ法）超过阈值。将共培养第四周细胞和上清分别感染Ｈ９细胞（Ｔ细胞淋巴瘤传代细胞）,一周后检测ＨＩＶ－１ ｐ２４怕,证明有病毒生长。用ＨＩＶ－１ ＥＮＶ基因引物的套式聚合酶链反应（Ｎｅｓｔｅｄ ＰＣＲ）证实,两株新分离的病毒     

用人胚肺二倍体细胞株分离一株甲型肝炎病毒

自甲型肝炎患者粪便中分离到一株甲型肝炎病毒(TZ-84)。病毒不产生细胞病变,胞浆中有颗粒性荧光。细胞中的病毒抗原能被抗甲肝病毒抗体阳性血清所中和。 TZ-84株病毒耐酸,耐乙醚。免疫电镜见有大量直径27～30mm的甲肝病毒颗粒,以空心为主。将其接种细胞后的黑暗期随传代而缩短,病毒滴度则随传代而增加。将细胞粉碎后获得的病毒。ELISA滴度为1:16。用其检测45份人血清中抗HAV-IgM抗体,并与Abbott ELISA药盒比较,符合率为91.1％,敏感度为87.1％。     

2005～2006年湖南省人感染高致病性禽流感(H5N1)实验室诊断及病毒基因特性研究

为了对2005~2006年湖南省2例不明原因肺炎病例进行实验室诊断,确定病因以及对其进行病原学研究,采集病例呼吸道标本和血清标本,对呼吸道标本采用实时荧光定量逆转录聚合酶链式反应(Real-time RT-PCR)和逆转录聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)方法检测H5亚型禽流感病毒核酸,对血清标本采用血凝抑制试验检测特异性抗体,并对其中1例死亡病例(病例2)的肺穿刺物标本进行病毒分离,所获毒株予以测序及同源性分析。结果显示,2例病例H5亚型禽流感病毒核酸检测均为阳性,病例1恢复期血清H5N1特异性抗体阳性,并且较急性期血清呈4倍以上增长;病例2急性期血清特异性抗体阴性,2例均为人感染高致病性禽流感病毒(H5N1)确诊病例。从病例2分离得到毒株A/Hunan/1/2006,测序及分子特性分析表明,其8个基因片段均为禽源,且与湖南本地禽类分离的病毒相似,并未与人流感病毒发生基因重组或产生显著变异。     

2006年广州登革热病原体的分离鉴定及其生物学性质的观察

目的：对2006年广州流行登革热病原进行分离鉴定及生物学性质研究。方法：采用传代蚊细胞微量培养方法对2006年广州登革热病原进行分离,并通过脑内途径观察其对乳鼠的致病性;经间接免疫荧光和RT-PCR技术,对患者血清标本中的病毒特异抗体及新分离的病原体进行检测和鉴定;将此次分离的病原体与1980年分离的同型毒株进行生物学性质比较。结果：从57份患者血清标本中分离出10株病毒,在传代蚊细胞中可产生稳定的细胞病变并对乳鼠致病;其基因组为登革1型病毒特异的RNA分子,经鉴定为登革1型病毒;此次分离的登革1型病毒与1980年分离的同型毒株在致细胞产生病变的时间和严重程度,蚀斑的大小、形态以及致乳鼠发病的时间等生物学性质上有所不同。结论：2006年广州流行登革热病原为登革1型病毒,且与1980年分离的同型毒株在生物学性质方面存在明显差异。     

不同来源的肾综合征出血热病毒对Vero细胞的致病变作用

前文报道,肾综合征出血热病毒76-118株能使Vero细胞产生病变。本文报道76-118株和另11株不同来源的肾综合征出血热病毒(H537、A9、H5、R178、HB55、R22、Z10,沟3、L99、A16和J10)对Vero细胞的致病变作用(CPE )。其中除沟3株外,大部分毒株在感染Vero细胞后的第一代即可见明显的CPE。CPE的特点与76-118株相似,主要是感染细胞粘聚、融合,形成网状结构。CPE能被特异性抗HFRS病毒血清和型特异性单克隆抗体所中和抑制,但不能被特异性抗呼肠孤病毒Ⅲ型免疫血清所中和抑制。HFRS病毒对Vero细胞的致病变作用,对进一步研究HFRS病毒的某些生物学特性及实验方法等均有重要意义。     

Diagnostic value of dengue virus-specific IgA and IgM serum antibody detection

The diagnostic value of dengue virus (DV)-specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) serum antibody detection, by an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) was evaluated. For this study, the kinetics of DV-specific IgA serum antibodies was analysed in two experimentally immunised macaques, paired samples from 35 patients suspected of a primary or secondary DV infection, paired sera from patients with high levels of IgA specific antibodies against influenza virus (n = 15), sera from patients with other viral infections (n = 40) and healthy blood donors (n = 10), which served as controls. The presence of DV-specific IgA serum antibodies in humans and in monkeys was compared with that of DV-specific IgM demonstrated in a capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The development of DV-specific IgA and IgM antibodies in macaques proved to be similar to that observed in humans with a DV infection. In sera obtained from suspected primary DV patients during the acute phase and convalescent phase, DV-specific IgA was detected in 1/6 (17%) and 6/6 (100%), whereas IgM was detected in 4/6 (67%) and 5/6 (83%), respectively. In sera from suspected secondary DV patients during the acute phase and convalescent phase, DV-specific IgA was detected in 18/29 (62%) and 28/29 (97%), whereas IgM was detected in 20/29 (69%) and 28/29 (97%), respectively. The control group consisted of five paired serum samples from yellow fever vaccinated individuals and a patient with acute tick-borne encephalitis, 15 paired serum samples from patients with high levels of IgA antibodies specific for influenza virus and 40 serum samples from patients with specific IgM antibodies against other viruses. Ten serum samples from healthy blood donors were included. Among the control serum samples, in one patient, both DV-specific IgA and IgM antibodies were present, and in three sera DV-specific IgM antibodies could be demonstrated. These data suggest that detection of DV-specific IgA serum antibodies by IFA may have additional value for the diagnosis of DV infection.     

Biological properties and viral surface antigens of Burkitt lymphoma- and mononucleosis- derived strains of Epstein-Barr virus released from transformed marmoset cells.

Three strains of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), two from Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and one from infectious mononucleosis (IM) were used to transform separate cultures of the same batch of primary marmoset leukocytes, and the viruses released from the transformants were compared. The three viruses shared properties of the transforming biotype of EBV, namely, stimulation of DNA synthesis and immortalization of cord blood leukocytes, and failure to induce "early antigen" in lymphoblast lines. All viruses produced more virus in transformed marmoset cells than in transformed human cells, as measured by the number of EBV genomes detected by complementary RNA/DNA hybridization, by virus capsid antigen expression, or by released virions and biologically active virus. Reference human sera and sera from primary EBV infections were used to compare the three virus strains in a virus neutralization test based on inhibition of stimulation of DNA synthesis. Specimens taken late in convalescence from patients with mononucleosis and sera from marmosets experimentally infected with virus from a patient with mononucleosis neutralized the homologous virus, as well as the two virus strains isolated from patients with BL. This finding indicates that viral antigens that elicit neutralizing antibodies are shared among the strains. However, in certain sera the neutralizing-antibody titer against one strain was consistently higher than against another strain. Furthermore, sera taken early after onset of IM contained low levels of neutralizing antibody against IM-derived virus, but failed to neutralize BL-derived virus. These latter findings suggest the existence of heterogeneity among surface antigens of EBVs. The results emphasize the biological and antigenic similarity of EBV isolates from BL and IM and do not suggest major subtype variations. It remains to be determined whether antigenic diversity such as described or virus genome variation detectable by other means is epidemiologically significant.     

Role of biased hypermutation in evolution of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis virus from progenitor acute measles virus.

We identified an acute measles virus (Nagahata strain) closely related to a defective virus (Biken strain) isolated from a patient with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). The proteins of Nagahata strain measles virus are antigenically and electrophoretically similar to the proteins of Edmonston strain measles virus. However, the nucleotide sequence of the Nagahata matrix (M) gene is significantly different from the M genes of all the acute measles virus strains studied to date. The Nagahata M gene is strikingly similar to the M gene of Biken strain SSPE virus isolated several years later in the same locale. Eighty percent of the nucleotide differences between the Nagahata and Biken M genes are uridine-to-cytosine transitions known as biased hypermutation, which has been postulated to be caused by a cellular RNA-modifying activity. These biased mutations account for all but one of the numerous missense genetic changes predicted to cause amino acid substitutions. As a result, the Biken virus M protein loses conformation-specific epitopes that are conserved in the M proteins of Nagahata and Edmonston strain acute measles viruses. These conformation-specific epitopes are also absent in the cryptic M proteins encoded by the hypermutated M genes of two other defective SSPE viruses (Niigata and Yamagata strains). Nagahata-like sequences are found in the M genes of at least five other SSPE viruses isolated from three continents. These data indicate that Biken strain SSPE virus is derived from a progenitor closely resembling Nagahata strain acute measles virus and that biased hypermutation is largely responsible for the structural defects in the Biken virus M protein.     

Proinflammatory factors present in sera from patients with acute dengue infection induce activation and apoptosis of human microvascular endothelial cells: possible role of TNF-alpha in endothelial cell damage in dengue

There is evidence that severe dengue disease is associated with alterations of the microvascular endothelium. We examined the hypothesis that activation and damage of microvascular endothelial cells (EC) could be induced by inflammatory mediators present in dengue patient's sera. We cultured human microvascular EC (HMEC-1) in vitro with sera from patients with acute dengue infection. Sera from patients with acute dengue induced an increase in ICAM-1 expression on HMEC-1. This effect was greater with samples from the acute febrile phase than with samples from the convalescent phase of the disease. Acute dengue sera had elevated levels of TNF-alpha and the endothelial activating effect of acute dengue sera was inhibited up to 80% by pre-treatment with monoclonal antibodies against TNF-alpha. Furthermore, acute dengue sera induced apoptosis in HMEC-1. These findings support the pathophysiologic significance of microvascular EC and serum inflammatory mediators in dengue.     

Cross-Reactivity of Rickettsia japonica and Rickettsia typhi Demonstrated by Immunofluorescence and Western Immunoblotting

Cross-reactivity between Rickettsia japonica and R. typhi was observed by immunofluorescence tests using sera from patients with Oriental spotted fever (OSF), from whom the causative agent was isolated and identified as R. japonica. Western immunoblotting with these sera revealed that only the 120-kilodalton surface polypeptide, i.e., rickettsial outer membrane protein (rOmp) B, has a common antigenicity with the 105-kilodalton surface polypeptide of R. typhi. In some cases, antibodies specifically reactive with R. typhi were detected in acute-phase sera followed by a significant rise in titers, possibly because of an anamnestic response to a previous infection with an R. typhi-like agent; the sera retained reactivity to R. typhi even after absorption by a homologous strain. A lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-like antigen of R. typhi was found to be reactive with some sera of OSF patients. The ladder bands on Western immunoblot of rickettsial organisms were confirmed to be polysaccharide in nature, which was demonstrated by comparing them with the pattern of silver-stained gel of proteinase K-treated rickettsial specimens after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.