| challenges in clinical virology (1958-1974): a personal viewpoint. | some of the main challenges i encountered in clinical virology from 1958-1974 are described. in the earlier years there were two main areas of exploration, namely, neurological and respiratory infections. later, tests for hepatitis and for rubella were developed and these diseases became of increasing importance. | 1985 | 2993426 |
| incidence of chickenpox in adults and recruitment of plasma donors for manufacture of zoster immunoglobulin. | | 1986 | 3024773 |
| rapid random-donor screening for the selection of viral antibody-containing blood donations. | we describe a 3 1/2 year trial in which we used immunofluorescence to detect and titrate antibody to six common viruses in normal healthy blood donors drawn at random from west and south east scotland. the trial was designed to allow selection of blood donations rich in specific antiviral antibody for inclusion in the plasma pool which would, in turn, be used for the preparation of specific antiviral immunoglobulin. the results show the natural frequency of occurrence of antibody to different vi ... | 1980 | 6255854 |
| susceptibility to varicella-zoster virus in applicants for nurse training in scotland. | we investigated the immunity to varicella-zoster virus (vzv) of a cohort of applicants for nurse training and determined the relationship between immune status and history of chickenpox or shingles based on a self-completed questionnaire. three hundred and fifty-six applicants for nurse training were enrolled at an occupational health department in nhs scotland and 96% were immune to vzv. the positive predictive value of a history of vzv infection for seropositivity was 98% (286/292). the negati ... | 2002 | 12434695 |