title: Monoclonal antibodies for the rapid diagnosis of influenza A and B virus infections by immunofluorescence.
abstract: Mouse monoclonal antibodies, directed against antigenic sites on influenza A and B viruses and found to be type-specific in an immunoassay, were assessed for use as diagnostic reagents in an indirect immunofluorescence assay on nasopharyngeal secretions. The influenza A antibodies were directed against nucleoprotein or matrix protein antigens and the influenza B antibodies against nucleoprotein and haemagglutinin antigens. The influenza A anti-matrix monoclonal antibody was found to give a strong intranuclear particulate fluorescence in normal baboon kidney cells and cells from nasopharyngeal secretions negative for influenza A virus, including those from a patient infected with respiratory syncytial virus. Pools of the remaining monoclonal antibodies gave satisfactory results on 25 specimens from patients with influenza A H1N1 and H3N2 subtypes and 12 from patients with influenza B.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McQuillin
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Madeley
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kendal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000276:immunology*; D009981:Influenza B virus / Q000276:immunology*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral