Biological Control of the Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella Zeller) in the Republic of Yemen Using Granulosis Virus: Biochemical Characterization, Pathogenicity and Stability of the Virus

A granulosis virus infecting the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella, has been identified, isolated and purified from diseased potato tuber moth larvae collected from potato fields in the highland basin Qa al-Boun of the Republic of Yemen. The granulosis virus was propagated by feeding potato tuber moth larvae with potatoes treated with a concentration of one granulosis virus-infected fourth instar larva to 5l of water (corresponding to an occlusion body (OB) concentration of 2 106 OB ml-1). Restriction enzyme analysis of viral DNA revealed that the isolated virus seemed to correspond to an isolate from the Lima region of Peru. A median LC 50 value of 7.3 104 OB ml-1 was calculated for a purified virus preparation. Different preparations of the granulosis virus were investigated for their persistence in the field on tubers and leaves. A purified virus preparation (PoGV) applied to potato tubers and exposed in the open had a half-life of 1.3 days. On leaves, the activity of granulosis virus spray deposits of an unpurified virus preparation (PoGV I) and of a glycerine-formulated preparation (PoGV II) also declined with exposure time. Mortalities of potato tuber moth larvae of 43% for PoGV I and 49% for PoGV II were recorded when first instar larvae were fed with potato leaves collected 2 days after treatment. After 8 days, 25.8% of the larvae had died from PoGV I treatment and 19.4% from PoGV II. Neither preparation displayed any effect 17 days after application.     

Inactivation of simian rotavirus SA11 by chlorine, chlorine dioxide, and monochloramine

The kinetics of inactivation of simian rotavirus SA11 by chlorine, chlorine dioxide, and monochloramine were studied at 5 degrees C with a purified preparation of single virions and a preparation of cell-associated virions. Inactivation of the virus preparations with chlorine and chlorine dioxide was studied at pH 6 and 10. The monochloramine studies were done at pH 8. With 0.5 mg of chlorine per liter at pH 6, more than 4 logs (99.99%) of the single virions were inactivated in less than 15 s. Both virus preparations were inactivated more rapidly at pH 6 than at pH 10. With chlorine dioxide, however, the opposite was true. Both virus preparations were inactivated more rapidly at pH 10 than at pH 6. With 0.5 mg of chlorine dioxide per liter at pH 10, more than 4 logs of the single-virus preparation were inactivated in less than 15 s. The cell-associated virus was more resistant to inactivation by the three disinfectants than was the preparation of single virions. Chlorine and chlorine dioxide, each at a concentration of 0.5 mg/liter and at pH 6 and 10, respectively, inactivated 99% of both virus preparations within 4 min. Monochloramine at a concentration of 10 mg/liter and at pH 8 required more than 6 h for the same amount of inactivation.     

Inactivation of simian rotavirus SA11 by chlorine, chlorine dioxide, and monochloramine.

The kinetics of inactivation of simian rotavirus SA11 by chlorine, chlorine dioxide, and monochloramine were studied at 5 degrees C with a purified preparation of single virions and a preparation of cell-associated virions. Inactivation of the virus preparations with chlorine and chlorine dioxide was studied at pH 6 and 10. The monochloramine studies were done at pH 8. With 0.5 mg of chlorine per liter at pH 6, more than 4 logs (99.99%) of the single virions were inactivated in less than 15 s. Both virus preparations were inactivated more rapidly at pH 6 than at pH 10. With chlorine dioxide, however, the opposite was true. Both virus preparations were inactivated more rapidly at pH 10 than at pH 6. With 0.5 mg of chlorine dioxide per liter at pH 10, more than 4 logs of the single-virus preparation were inactivated in less than 15 s. The cell-associated virus was more resistant to inactivation by the three disinfectants than was the preparation of single virions. Chlorine and chlorine dioxide, each at a concentration of 0.5 mg/liter and at pH 6 and 10, respectively, inactivated 99% of both virus preparations within 4 min. Monochloramine at a concentration of 10 mg/liter and at pH 8 required more than 6 h for the same amount of inactivation.     

Purification and characterization of Aleutian disease virus

Virus was isolated from infected mink organs by a combination of tissue homogenization, fluorocarbon extraction and ultracentrifugation. The final preparation was analysed by crossed immunoelectrophoresis and electronmicroscopy. Virions had a capsid diameter of 22 nm. Preparative agarose electrophoresis separated virions from contaminating ferritin. Crossed immunoelectrophoresis of virus gave a single precipitate with sera from infected mink. Crossed immunoelectrophoretic analysis with intermediate gels showed that a part of the virus preparation was complexed with antibody. Serum from a certain mink was found to contain precipitating antibody to (poly)nucleotid. Virus and virus-antibody complexes were found to focus at pH 4.0-4.4 in isoelectric focusing. In SDS-polyacrylamide gel-electrophoresis the main virus protein was found to have a molecular weight of 69000. This study gives further support to the classification of aleutian disease virus as a parvovirus.     

Generation of measles virus defective interfering particles and their presence in a preparation of attenuated live-virus vaccine.

By starting from a thrice-purified wild-type measles virus plaque, the generation of detectable subgenomic RNAs was achieved within a series of five serial infections of Vero cells. The evolution of these subgenomic RNAs was followed for seven serial passages and ended with the preparation of a highly interfering viral stock. On the other hand, the detection of discrete subgenomic RNAs was achieved during the first infection of Vero cells with at least one of three measles virus vaccine preparations tested. These subgenomic RNAs, which interfered very efficiently with the replication of the endogenous standard genomes upon vaccine infection but showed a moderate interfering activity with a standard virus stock derived by plaque purification from the vaccine preparation, resulted from the presence of defective interfering particles in the vaccine preparation. The relevance of this finding for the attenuation, stability, and potential capacity for persistent infection of such a vaccine is discussed.     

The isolation of a concentrated and purified rotavirus preparation by using bentonite

The preparation obtained when cultivating virus SA-11 in the transplantable cell culture SPEV has been purified and concentrated by means of bentonite. The virus adsorption at acidic values of pH (4.0-4.5) and elution at alkaline values of pH (8.5) were the main stages of production of the concentrated and purified rotavirus preparation. The paper embraces data on the infective activity of the virus protein content, amount of the rotavirus antigen, results of the electron and immunoelectron microscopy, characterizing the method efficiency.     

Anti-influenza effect of bacterial RNAse and the pharmacokinetic basis of its administration in experimental studies

Anti-influenzal action of bacterial and pancreatic RNAases was studied. It was shown in ovo that the RNAases had distinct virus inhibiting activity with respect to various strains of the grippe A virus and did not practically differ by their activity from remantadin but unlike it had inhibitory action on the grippe B virus. The anti-influenzal activity of bacterial RNAase in contrast to pancreatic one was detected not only in experiments with developing chick embryos but also in albino mice with lethal influenzal infection. The index of the animal protection by the preparation amounted to 54-90 per cent depending on the virus infecting dose and RNAase administration route, the lifespan of the animals being increased by 2.4 to 3.8 days. It was shown that the anti-influenzal effect of bacterial RNAase correlated with high levels of the exogenic enzyme in blood of the animals after the preparation intravenous administration. Elimination of RNAase was observed already within the first 4 hours after the experiment start. Intranasal administration allowed to increase the residence time of RNAase in blood up to 8 hours at the account of its gradual absorption from the administration site and the preparation availability increased more than 2-fold. The results provided the basis for recommending the intranasal route of bacterial RNAase administration for use in further investigation of RNAase antiviral activity.     

The stability and potency of vaccines prepared from inactivated foot-and-mouth disease virus concentrates

The stability of 146S particles in concentrates of foot-and-mouth disease virus stored at 4 degrees C was similar to that of 146S particles in a conventional virus preparation. Proteolytic degradation of VPl was not observed in the stored conventional virus preparation or inhibitor-supplemented concentrate but was observed in a supplement-free concentrate. The potencies of vaccines made from the conventional and concentrated preparations and stored in parallel at 4 degrees C appeared to decrease after 16 weeks. The vaccines made from the supplement-free concentrate and the Trasylol supplemented concentrate appeared to be at least as potent as the conventional vaccine and were clearly superior to vaccine made from ox serum supplemented concentrate.     

肾综合征出血热双价纯化疫苗（Vero细胞）病毒株的筛选及其免疫原性研究

选用在Vero细胞上初步适应的LR1（Ⅰ型）、R22（Ⅱ型）株病毒,经乳鼠脑或腹腔接种,收剖感染鼠脑并在Vero细胞传代适应,此收获病毒与直接以Vero细胞传代的病毒比较表明：抗原效价、毒力滴度有明显提高。用LR1、LR22株病毒感染的Vero细胞培养物制备单价粗制疫苗和双价精制纯化疫苗免疫家兔,经空斑减少中和试验检测中和抗体,结果表明经乳鼠和Vero细胞交替传代适应后的LR1、R22株病毒具有良好的抗原性和免疫原性。     

河南小麦梭条斑花叶病病原鉴定、病毒提纯及其特性

经鉴定,我国河南邓县冬小麦上发生的一种病毒病的病原,是小麦梭条斑花叶病毒。 对病毒的分离纯化进行了研究,提出了一个简单可靠的病毒纯化程序,获得了较为理想的提纯病毒制品,提纯病毒具有典型的、核酸含量约为5～6％的线状病毒紫外吸收曲线,病毒粒体宽约12nm,长度分布从200～2000nm以上,平均粒体长度约为1000nm,在300nm、600nm及1000nm处有3个分布高峰,用提纯病毒免疫兔子获得效价为1/1024的抗血清,提纯病毒的SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳可检测到多条蛋白带,分子量从36.6kd至28.6kd,其中36.6kd的蛋白为病毒的外壳蛋白,其余的为外壳蛋白的降解产物。     

Antigen-presenting liposomes are effective in treatment of recurrent herpes simplex virus genitalis in guinea pigs.

The therapeutic and immunologic effects of a liposome preparation containing both a macrophage activator, muramyl-tripeptide-phosphatidylethanolamine, and a recombinant antigen, glycoprotein D of herpes simplex virus type 1, have been investigated. This preparation was tested in vitro for the ability to stimulate peripheral blood lymphocytes and in vivo for the control of recurrent herpes genitalis in guinea pigs. Our results show that the liposome-antigen-adjuvant preparation is capable of enhancing antigen-specific lymphocyte stimulation, which may be related to the observed 75% suppression of the frequency and severity of reactivation of recurrent herpes simplex virus type 2 genitalis compared with that of placebo controls.     

In vitro inhibition of the cytopathic action of herpes simplex virus, type 1, with a natural cytokine complex

The antiviral action of a natural cytokine complex (NCC)--the preparation Superlymph and its peptide antimicrobial fraction (AMF)--in the culture of Vero cells infected with type 1 herpes simplex virus (HSV-1), strain VR-3, was studied. The NCC preparation did not alter the morphology of the cells for 6 days and was not toxic for the culture of Vero cells. The NCC and AMF produced a protective antiviral effect, which was manifested by the inhibition of the cytopathic action (CPA) of the virus. In the presence of the preparation, the CPA of HSV-1 was equal to 10(-4.67) ICPD50, while in the control CPA was equal to 10(-5.60). The fraction containing antimicrobial peptides (protegrins) and isolated from NCC, characterized by the method of mass spectrometry, produced the maximum antiviral effect on the cell strain Vero (10(-4.58) ICPD50). Thus Superlymph, an immunomodulator with antiviral activity, could be regarded as an effective preparation for the treatment of HSV infection. The action of such preparation was aimed at the inhibition of the CPA of the virus and the stimulation of the antiviral protective mechanisms of the cell.     

侵染半夏的两种病毒的分离纯化和初步鉴定

用自然感染的半夏（Ｐｉｎｅｌｌｉａｔｅｒｎａｔａ）为材料,经粗提纯后检查到一种线状病毒和一种球状病毒,用两种方法对担提纯样品中的病毒粒子进行了分离纯化。１０％－７０％连续甘油梯度８００００ｇ离心１５０分钟获得两条病毒带,经紫外吸收测定均为强的核蛋白吸收峰,病毒粒子检查分别为球状和线状病毒粒子,线状病毒经浓缩收集为均一成份．与芋花叶病毒（Ｄａｓｈｅｅｍｍｏｓａｉｃｖｉｒｕｓ,ＤＭＶ）抗体有强的阳性反应。粗提纯样品经０．８％琼脂糖凝胶电脉分离为一条蛋白带,该条带回收后经紫外吸收测定为核蛋白吸收峰,电镜下检查为均一的球状病毒,以ＴＭＶ为对照、醋酸铀（ＵＡＣ）负染后测得该球状病毒（ｐｉｎｅｌｌｉａｓｐｈｅｒｉｃａｌｖｉｒｕｓ１．ＰｓＶ－１）的大小为３１．７ｎｍ;戊二醛固定后磷钨酸（ＰＴＡ）负染测得ＰｓＶ—１的大小为３４．０ｎｍ。各组分经ＳＤＳ－聚丙烯酸胺凝焦电泳分析测得线状病毒和球状病毒的外壳蛋白分子量分别为２０ＫＤ和２８ＫＤ。初步确定线状病毒为ＤＭＶ．球状病毒ＰｓＶ—１为侵梁天南星科半夏的一种新病毒。     

Airborne Stability of Tailless Bacterial Viruses S-13 and MS-2

The effect of relative humidity (RH) on the airborne stability of two small bacterial viruses, S-13 and MS-2, was studied. Poorest recovery of S-13 was obtained at 50% RH. Humidification prior to aerosol sampling significantly increased the recovery of S-13 at RH deleterious to the airborne virus. A commercial preparation of MS-2 suspended in a buffered saline solution showed a rapid loss of viability at RH above 30%, whereas a laboratory preparation containing 1.3% tryptone showed high recoveries at all RH studied. Dilution of the commercial MS-2 into tryptone broth conferred stability on the airborne virus. Humidification prior to sampling significantly reduced the viable recovery from aerosols of commercial MS-2, whereas the laboratory preparation was unaffected.     

小麦黄花叶病毒的分离提纯及其血清学等特性

应用梯度离心和超速离心浓缩获得部分提纯的病毒制剂,产量约为7.45g/kg病叶提纯的病毒制剂的紫外吸收曲线呈典型的核蛋白吸收曲线,OD260/OD242和OD260/OD280的比值分别为1.24和1.38。病毒粒子呈线状,宽13—14nm,长度主要分布于250—300nm和550—700nm之间,1000nm以上的粒子也有检到。病毒外壳蛋白仅由一个分子量约为30Kd的亚基组成。在免疫电镜试验中、病毒粒子与日本WYMV抗血清发生强烈的血清学反应。新鲜病叶的超薄切片中可看到大量风轮体和膜状体。     

木毒蛾复合病毒制剂研究

通过木毒蛾质型多角体病毒、核型多角体病毒和颗粒体病毒,对木毒蛾幼虫的复合感染试验,以及三种病毒最佳配比的筛选试验,发现木毒蛾质型多角体病毒、核多角体病毒和颗粒体病毒,按6：3：1混合后防治木毒蛾效果最佳。同时通过添加适量936乳油和人工大田繁殖木毒蛾病毒,较好地解决了病毒制剂的室温保存问题和毒源生产问题。复合病毒制剂的林间大面积防治试验结果表明,该制剂防治效果好,配制容易,成本低廉,不污染环境,是一种优良的生物制剂。     

Age dependence of cowpea protoplasts for uptake of spermidine and infectibility by alfalfa mosaic virus

Cowpea protoplasts were prepared from plants of different ages and examined for their ability to take up polyamines and for their infectibility by alfalfa mosaic virus. A lag period of 20 h was necessary before the onset of rapid polyamine uptake; the occurrence of this rapid uptake depended on the age of the leaves used for protoplast preparation. The percentage of infection of cowpea protoplasts by alfalfa mosaic virus, and the amount of virus produced also depended on the age of the plants used for protoplast preparation. In contrast, the uptake of amino acids was rapid in all cowpea protoplasts tested.     

Comparative study of the milk fat globule membrane and the mouse mammary tumour virus prepared from the milk of an infected strain of Swiss albino mice.

Milk fat globule membranes and mammary tumour virus particles (d=1.17 g/cm3) have been obtained from the milk of a Swiss albino mice strain. Comparative biochemistry shows that these two structures differ significantly in the phospholipid, polypeptide and glycopolypeptide patterns and enzymatic activities. However, the lipid profile and the morphology of both structures suggest a filiation with the plasma membrane. Density fractions obtained from the crude virus preparation have been thoroughly investigated. The results suggest that most of these fractions represent degraded virus and/or atypical virus assembly.