| Literature DB >> 6103213 |
R A Berg, R H Yolken, S I Rennard, R Dolin, B R Murphy, S E Straus.
Abstract
Nasopharyngeal (NP) washes from 12 patients experimentally infected with influenza A/Victoria/3/75 wild-type virus were tested in 2 newly developed enzyme-immunoassay (EIA) systems. Results were compared with infectivity titres of the NP wash specimens in rhesus monkey kidney-tissue culture. EIA detected A/Victoria/3/75 haemagglutinin antigen for more days than did culture. EIA is also rapid and easy to do in large numbers; hence it may have advantages over culture methods for the diagnosis of influenza infections and the investigation of influenza epidemiology.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6103213 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(80)91356-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321