Description

1. Influenza Viruses - An Introduction

Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Gabriele Neumann

2. Influenza Virus Isolation

Scott Krauss, David Walker, and Robert G. Webster

3. Influenza Virus Titration, Antigenic Characterization, and Serological Methods for Antibody Detection

Alexander Klimov, Amanda Balish, Vic Veguilla, Hong Sun, Jarad Schiffer, Xiuhua Lu, Jacqueline M. Katz, and Kathy Hancock

4. Diagnosis of Influenza Virus

Kirsten St. George

5. Solid-phase Assays of Receptor-binding Specificity

Mikhail N. Matrosovich and Alexandra S. Gambaryan

6. The Chemiluminescent Neuraminidase Inhibition Assay: A Functional Method for Detection of Influenza Virus Resistance to the Neuraminidase Inhibitors

Margaret Okomo-Adhiambo, Aeron C. Hurt, and Larisa V. Gubareva

7. The Fluorescence Neuraminidase Inhibition Assay: A Functional Method for Detection of Influenza Virus Resistance to the Neuraminidase Inhibitors

Aeron C. Hurt, Margaret Okomo-Adhiambo, and Larisa V. Gubareva

8. Animal Models

Edwin J.B. Veldhuis Kroeze, Thijs Kuiken, and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus

9. Influenza Virus Surveillance, Vaccine Strain Selection and Manufacture

Klaus St hr, Doris Bucher, Tony Colgate, and John Wood

10. Genetic Engineering of Live Attenuated Influenza Viruses

Hong Jin, Zhongying Chen, Jonathan Liu, and George Kemble

11. Influenza A Virus Molecular Virology Techniques

Bin Zhou and David E. Wentworth

12. Reverse Genetics of Influenza Viruses

Gabriele Neumann, Makoto Ozawa, and Yoshihiro Kawaoka

13. Genetic Analysis

Gavin J.D. Smith, Justin Bahl, and Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran