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. 1969 Mar;17(3):384–393. doi: 10.1128/am.17.3.384-393.1969

Rapid Identification of Viruses by Indirect Immunofluorescence: Standardization and Use of Antiserum Pool to Nine Respiratory Viruses

T D Stevens 1, H M S Watkins 1
PMCID: PMC377698  PMID: 4305395

Abstract

The indirect fluorescent antibody test employing treated and standardized antisera and conjugated antiglobulin has been used successfully, in conjunction with a technique for growing and staining virus cell systems in situ on microscope slides, in the identification of nine respiratory viruses. By using pooled antisera in a single test, the presence or absence of these viruses was determined in 18 to 45 hr after inoculation of slide microtissue culture.

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