Viral identification by scanning electron microscopy of preparations stained with fluorescein-labeled antibody.
A new technique combines the specificity of fluorescent-antibody labeling and the resolution of the scanning electron microscope to identify and distinguish between viruses. Hemagglutination of chicken erythrocytes by influenza virus was used as a model system to demonstrate the technique.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*