Superiority of tissue-culture-grown antigens over egg-grown antigens for serologic diagnosis of influenza B virus infections.
Acute and convalescent sera obtained from 10 adults and 21 children who were infected with influenza B virus were tested by hemagglutination inhibition. Of four antigens used, two tissue-culture-grown antigens were superior to either egg-grown or egg-grown, ether-treated antigens in detecting fourfold antibody rise during influenza B virus infection.
D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004531:Eggs; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009981:Influenza B virus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis*
D000956:Antigens, Viral