Development of epitope-blocking ELISA for universal detection of antibodies to human H5N1 influenza viruses.

BACKGROUND: Human infections with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses have generally been confirmed by molecular amplification or culture-based methods. Serologic surveillance has potential advantages which have not been realized because rapid and specific serologic tests to detect H5N1 i...

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Main Authors: Mookkan Prabakaran, Hui-Ting Ho, Nayana Prabhu, Sumathy Velumani, Milene Szyporta, Fang He, Kwai-Peng Chan, Li-Mei Chen, Yumiko Matsuoka, Ruben O Donis, Jimmy Kwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2642733?pdf=render