Evaluation of the ESPLINE® INFLUENZA A&B-N kit for the diagnosis of avian and swine influenza

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1063-1067

  Bai, Gui Rong ^a   Sakoda, Yoshihiro ^a   Mweene, Aaron Simanyengwe ^a   Kishida, Noriko ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^b   Minakawa, Hidetaka ^b   Kida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJIREBIO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal experiment; Influenza; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLOACA; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INOCULATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TRACHEA; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOSE MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; SWINE; VIROLOGY; VISCERA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHICKENS; CLOACA; COLON; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NASAL MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TRACHEA; VISCERA;

EID: 29144432304     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03703.x     Document Type: Article

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