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Clinical and electrophysiological records are of particular importance in tapetoretinal degenerations. In the absence of therapy they are at least a help in establishing a differential diagnosis and a scale of progression of the disease; these in turn lead to improved counselling possibilities. In a retrospective study of 289 patients a great variability of ophthalmoscopic, functional and electrophysiologic findings was observed. The variability was seen both in individual examination of patients of all ages at one point in time, and in genetic pattern, penetrance and expressivity, Criteria for autosomal recessive inheritance were established in 21.3% and for simplex cases in 51.6%. Constriction the retinal vessels was the most reliable ophthalmoscopic finding, seen in 74% of the cases of RP. In 68% of the cases the onset of symptoms started before the age of 20. In 62% of RP patients the visual acuity remained 0.4 or better up to the sixth decade of life. In 40% of the cases the dark adaptation threshold was normal or raised only by up to 1.5 log units. The ERG was absent in 70%, residual in 10%, and subnormal in 20% of RP patients. The residual and subnormal ERGs showed predominantly rod involvement in 77%, equal rod and cone involvement in 17%, and chiefly cone involvement in 6% of 95 cases. The most common associated abnormalities were found to be cataract in 33% and myopia in 22%. (Detailed data on impairment of visual fields and on ERG analysis are published elsewhere: Gurewitsch, K., G. Niemeyer: Rod/cone separation by electroretinography, fundus changes and visual fields in retinitis pigmentosa. In: Techniques in Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision. G. Niemeyer and C. Huber (eds). Docum. Ophthal. Proc. Ser., in press).
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PMID:[Variability of visual acuity, dark adaptation and electroretinogram in retinitis pigmentosa]. 710 86

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn., family Malvaceae, is an attractive horticultural plant originating from China. Five viruses infecting H. rosa-sinensis that have been characterized previously are Hibiscus chlorotic ringspot virus (HCRSV, genus Carmovirus), Hibiscus latent ringspot virus (HLRSV, genus Nepovirus), Hibiscus yellow mosaic virus (genus Tobamovirus), Eggplant mottled dwarf virus (EMDV, genus Nucleorhabdovirus), and Okra mosaic virus (OkMV, genus Tymovirus) (2). Recently, two novel tobamoviruses infecting H. rosa-sinensis were characterized in Singapore and Florida (1). In this study, viral symptoms were observed on H. rosa-sinensis in Nanyang City in Henan Province, China. The systemic symptoms included dark and light green mosaic in young leaves, leaf puckering and malformation on older leaves, and significant stunting. Rod-shaped virus particles were isolated from H. rosa-sinensis expressing systemic symptoms. The virus was transmitted mechanically to 10 species from three families. Symptoms expressed on these plants included systemic leaf chlorosis and distortion on Lycopersicum esculentum, systemic mosaic on Capsicum annuum, Nicotiana tabacum, and Physalis floridana, and systemic chlorosis on Glycine max. N. tabacum-Xanthi nc and Datura stramonium were asymptomatic. The virus also produced chlorotic and necrotic local lesions on Chenopodium quinoa, C. amaranticolor, and C. murale. The virus was propagated in L. esculentum, N. tabacum, and P. floridana. Virions purified from systemically infected N. tabacum contained a single-stranded RNA of approximately 6.4 kb and a coat protein (CP) of approximately 17.6 kDa. The double-stranded RNA profile revealed a single band of approximately 6.4 kb. Sap extracted from virus-infected plants reacted positive with an antiserum prepared against Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) using an antigen-coated plate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The CP gene was amplified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction with primers specific to Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) and sequence data obtained from the resulting amplification product. The CP gene consisting of 159 amino acids (GenBank Accession No. AY313136) shared 99.37% identity with the ToMV Queensland isolate (GenBank Accession No. AF332868). On the basis of biology, serology, properties of virions, and the sequence of the CP gene, we conclude that the virus isolated from H. rosa-sinensis in China is Tomato mosaic virus(ToMV). References: (1) S. Adkins et al. Plant Dis. 87:1190, 2003. (2) M. H. V. van Regenmortel et al., eds. Virus Taxonomy. 7th Report of the ICTV, Academic Press, NY, 2000.
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PMID:First Report of Tomato mosaic virus on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in China. 3081 6