Influenza A virus isolation, culture and identification

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2663-2681

  Eisfeld, Amie J ^a   Neumann, Gabriele ^a   Kawaoka, Yoshihiro ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CHICKEN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTINATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; DOG; GENETICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; MDCK CELL LINE; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DOGS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HEMAGGLUTINATION, VIRAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MAMMALS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84908191520     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.180     Document Type: Article

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