Influenza virus : methods and protocols / edited by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Gabriele Neumann
Imprint
New York : Humana Press, 2012
Edition
1st ed
Descript
xi, 234 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Influenza viruses : an introduction -- Influenza virus isolation -- Influenza virus titration, antigenic characterization, and serological methods for antibody detection -- Diagnosis of influenza virus -- Solid-phase assays of receptor-binding specificity -- The chemiluminescent neuraminidase inhibition assay : a functional method for detection of influenza virus resistance to the neuraminidase inhibitors -- The fluorescence neuraminidase inhibition assay : a functional method for detection of influenza virus resistance to the neuraminidase inhibitors -- Animal models -- Influenza virus surveillance, vaccine strain selection, and manufacture -- Genetic engineering of live attenuated influenza viruses -- Influenza A virus molecular virology techniques -- Reverse genetics of influenza viruses -- Genetic analysis