Journal of 5” Virological EleeL SEEVLI ER ——Meth ods Journal of Virological Methods 57 (1996) 209-210 Volume contents Volume 57 (1996) Research Papers S.A. Nadin-Davis, W. Huang, A.I. Wandeler (Canada) The design of strain-specific polymerase chain reactions for discrimination of the raccoon rabies virus strain from indigenous rabies viruses of Ontario R. Peshev, M. Alexandrov, Y. Ivanov, Y. Gogov (Bulgaria) Demonstration of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus antigen by Staphylococcus protein A coag- glutination test P. Caciagli, D. Bosco (Italy) Quantitative determination of tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus DNA by chemiluminescent assay using digoxigenin-labeled probes H. Okamoto, S. Kobata, H. Tokita, T. Inoue, G.D. Woodfield, P.V. Holland, B.A. Al-Knawy, O. Uzunalimoglu, Y. Miyakawa, M. Mayumi (Japan, New Zealand, USA, Saudi Arabia, Turkey) A second-generation method of genotyping hepatitis C virus by the polymerase chain reaction with sense and antisense primers deduced from the core gene Y. Li, F.-X. Jousset, C. Giraud, F. Rolling, J.-M. Quiot, M. Bergoin (France) A titration procedure of the Junonia coenia densovirus and quantitation of transfection by its cloned genomic DNA in four lepidopteran cell lines P. Sundaram, J.L. Brandsma (USA) Rapid, efficient, large-scale purification of unfused, non-denatured E7 protein of cottontail rabbit papillomavirus U. Reischl, C. Gerdes, M. Motz, H. Wolf (Germany) Expression and purification of an Epstein-Barr virus encoded 23-kDa protein and characterization of its immunological properties B. Weber, M. Brunner, W. Preiser, H.W. Doerr (Germany) Evaluation of 11 enzyme immunoassays for the detection of immunoglobulin M antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus P. Ryan, F.L. Shankly (USA) A double-strand break in a herpesvirus genome stimulates targeted homologous recombination with exogenous, cloned viral sequences R.A. Mumford, |. Barker, K.R. Wood (UK) An improved method for the detection of Tospoviruses using the polymerase chain reaction 210 Volume contents vol. 57 (1996) Research Papers J.A. Thevasagayam, T.R. Woolhouse, P.P.C. Mertens, J.N. Burroughs, J. Anderson (UK) Monoclonal antibody based competitive ELISA for the detection of antibodies against epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer virus U. Wieland, H. Suhr, B. Salzberger, H.J. Eggers, R.W. Braun, J.E. Kihn (Germany) Quantification of HIV-1 proviral DNA and analysis of genomic diversity of polymerase chain reaction and temperature gradient gel electrophoresis S.A. Nadin-Davis, W. Huang, A.!. Wandeler (Canada) The design of strain-specific polymerase chain reactions for discrimination of the racoon rabies virus strain from indigenous rabies viruses of Ontario A. Saiga, Y. Aono, J. Imai, K. Kinoshita, S. Orita, H. Igarashi (Japan) Presence of antibodies to p21X and/or p27rex proteins in sera from human T-cell leukemia virus type I-infected individuals K. Hawrami, D. Harper, J. Breuer (UK) Typing of varicella zoster virus by amplification of DNA polymorphisms W.P. Campbell, C. Huang (USA) Detection of California serogroup Bunyaviruses in tissue culture and mosquito pools by PCR R. Bruce, J.A. Shafer (USA) A facile system for construction of HSV-1 variants: site directed mutation of the UL26 protease gene in HSV-1 Short communications A.D. Hale, J. Green, D.W.G. Brown (UK) Comparison of four RNA extraction methods for the detection of small round structured viruses in faecal specimens M.E.N. Fonseca, L.H. Marcellino, E. Gander (Brazil) A rapid and sensitive dot-blot hybridization assay for the detection of citrus exocortis viroid in Citrus medica with digoxigenin-labelled RNA probes Volume contents Author index Subject index