Diagnostic Virology Protocols

The Detection of Adenoviruses.- Alphaviruses.- Detection of Human Caliciviruses in Fecal Samples by RT-PCR.- The Detection of Dengue Virus.- Detection of Enteroviruses from Clinical Specimens.- The Detection of Hepatitis Viruses.- Molecular Detection of Herpesviruses.- HIV Drug Resistance Testing.- Detection, Quantification, and Characterization of HIV/SIV.- Simultaneous Molecular Detection and Confirmation of Influenza AH5, with Internal Control.- Detection of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Viruses.- Detection of High-Risk Mucosal Human Papillomavirus DNA in Human Specimens by a Novel and Sensitive Multiplex PCR Method Combined with DNA Microarray.- The Detection of Parvoviruses.- The Detection and Characterization of Polioviruses.- Detection of Human-Pathogenic Poxviruses.- Lyssaviruses: Special Emphasis on Rabies Virus and Other Members of the Lyssavirus Genus.- Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Other Respiratory Viral Pathogens.- Rotaviruses.- Detection of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Hanta, and Sandfly Fever Viruses by Real-Time RT-PCR.- Detection of SARS Coronavirus.- The Detection of West Nile Virus.- Point of Care Testing: Diagnosis Outside the Virology Laboratory.- Modelling Emerging Viral Epidemics for Public Health Protection.

From the reviews of the second edition:"In its 23 chapters it covers most ... viruses of interest to the diagnostic virologist. Each chapter is written by an authority in the field and is composed of a short introduction followed by a number of protocols. These are sufficiently detailed to allow the reader to set up the assays in their own lab. ... Most chapters address a virus type, but vary such that in some the introduction is very informative whilst in others it is merely a lead into the protocols." (Dave Yirrell, Microbiology Today, November, 2011)