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. 1981 Nov;14(5):479–482. doi: 10.1128/jcm.14.5.479-482.1981

The single radial immunodiffusion assay highlights small antigenic differences among influenza virus hemagglutinins.

S J Rodda, H A Gallichio, A W Hampson
PMCID: PMC273972  PMID: 6171580

Abstract

The results of single radial immunodiffusion assays of influenza virus hemagglutinin were found to be greatly altered by small antigenic differences between test and reference strains. When such differences were present, the precise specificity of the antiserum used had a critical effect on the measured hemagglutinin antigen content obtained.

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