Detection of highly pathogenic influenza and pandemic influenza virus in formalin fixed tissues by immunohistochemical methods

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 409-413

  Nicholls, John M ^a   Wong, Linda P W ^a   Chan, Renee W Y ^a   Poon, Leo L M ^a   So, Leo K Y ^a   Yen, Hui Ling ^a,b   Fung, Kevin ^a   Van Poucke, Sjouke ^c   Peiris, J S Malik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Influenza; Nucleoprotein

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY F8; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY GA2B; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HB65; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY I131; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY I306; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY I50C; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N8; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84855518908     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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