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Item The effect of interferon on flaviviruses in vitro: a preliminary study.(1984-03-01) Vithanomsat, S; Wasi, C; Harinasuta, C; Thongcharoen, PThe preliminary results of our study in vitro on the effect of Interferon on Flaviviruses showed that Interferon alpha and Interferon beta were more effective on JE viruses Vip local strain and JaGAr strain, but less on Dengue virus type 2 strain. However, the effect of these 2 interferons on the 2 strains of JE viruses were still variable which need further investigations. The JE virus Vip local strain seemed to be more susceptible to interferon than the Japanese prototype JaGAr strain. Thus, the in vivo trial on JE disease in Thailand is strongly recommended.Item The effect of interferon on Japanese encephalitis virus in vitro.(1984-12-01) Harinasuta, C; Wasi, C; Vithanomsat, SThe studies on the effect of the Recombinant Leukocyte A Interferon (r IFN-alpha A) on 4 local strains of JE virus in Thailand were performed in vitro in our laboratories in Bangkok during August - October 1984. The procedures consisted of the plaque reduction assay and the Rhesus monkey kidney cell line, LLC-MK2 cells. These 4 strains namely Vip, KE-093, KE-094 and KE-095 were isolated from the JE patients in Thailand during 1983-1984. The results revealed that all of the JE virus strains tested were sensitive to the r IFN-alpha A with its minimal effective doses ranging from 30 I.U./ml to 1,500 I.U./ml. The studies on the effects of r IFN-alpha A on JE virus replicating in the cell culture for 0 hour, 1 hour and 6 hours indicated that if the virus had more hours to replicate in the cell culture, higher concentration of the IFN was needed in order to combat the replication of the virus in the cell culture. r IFN-alpha A at higher concentrations showed more efficacy in combating the replication of the JE virus in vitro.Item The relationship of temperature to the replication and virulence of dengue viruses.(1983-09-01) Vithanomsat, S; Watts, D M; Nisalak, A; Tharavanij, S