CORE--VIROLOGY

目标：病毒学核心将为项目1、2、3和4提供病毒学服务，包括RT-PCR、定量PCR（Q-PCR）、人类和啮齿动物汉坦病毒抗体诊断以及中和试验。病毒学核心将设在智利，但由UNM的Hjelle博士监督。该中心将由天主教大学和智利卫生部下属的公共卫生研究所共同负责。预计，除了在第一年通过Fogarty或其他机制对智利调查人员进行有关技术培训外，墨西哥国立大学将不开展任何核心活动。UNM还将提供SN病毒分离物CC 107和SN-HCPS患者的临床样本，用于项目2中拟定的比较研究。

Goals: The virology core will provide virologic services including RT- PCR, Quantitative PCR (Q-PCR), human and rodent hantavirus antibody diagnosis, and neutralization assays for projects 1, 2, 3 and 4. The virology core will be situated in Chile but with supervisory input from Dr. Hjelle of UNM. The core will be a shared responsibility of Catholic University (CU) and the Institute of Public Health (ISP), a division of the Chilean Ministry of Health. It is anticipated that no core activities will be conducted at UNM, except in the context of training of Chilean investigators in the relevant techniques through the Fogarty or other mechanisms in the first year. UNM will also provide the SN virus isolated CC107 and clinical samples from patients with SN-HCPS for the comparative studies proposed in project 2.