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Comparison of haemagglutination-inhibition and single-radial-haemolysis techniques for detection of antibodies to influenza B virus

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Some of the strains influenza B isolated between 1975 to 1978 showed a significant drift away from the prototype strain B/HK/8/73 when tested by cross haemagglutination-inhibition.

A serum survey for antibody to two strains of influenza B virus was carried out comparing haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) and single-radial haemolysis (SRH) tests. The SRH technique was found to be more sensitive than the HI test.

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Chakraverty, P. Comparison of haemagglutination-inhibition and single-radial-haemolysis techniques for detection of antibodies to influenza B virus. Archives of Virology 63, 285–289 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01315034

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