Avian influenza virus
By: Erica Spackman, editor.
Contributors: Spackman, Erica.
Series: Methods in molecular biology -- 436; Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) -- v. 436.
Publisher: Humana Press; Humana; Springer [distributor
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Totowa, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9781588299390; 9781597452793
Subjects: Influenza A virus -- genetics -- Laboratory Manuals.; Influenza A virus -- immunology -- Laboratory Manuals.; Orthomyxoviridae Infections -- virology -- Laboratory Manuals.; Virology -- methods -- Laboratory Manuals.; Avian influenza -- Research -- Methodology.
Genres: Laboratory Manuals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief introduction to the avian influenza virus / Erica Spackman; title: Avian influenza virus sample types, collection, and handling / Mary Lea Killian; title: Avian influenza virus RNA extraction from tissue and swab material / Erica Spackman and David L. Suarez; title: Type A influenza virus detection and quantitation by real-time RT-PCR / Erica Spackman and David L. Suarez; title: Detection and identification of the H5 hemagglutinin subtype by real-time RT-PCR; title: Avian influenza virus isolation and propagation in chicken eggs / Peter R. Woolcock; title: Hemagglutination-inhibition test for avian influenza virus subtype identification and the detection and quantitation of serum antibodies to the avian influenza virus / Janice C. Pedersen; title: Neuraminidase-inhibition assay for the identification of influenza A virus neuraminidase subtype or neuraminidase antibody specificity / Janice C. Pedersen; title: Immunohistochemical staining for the detection of the avian influenza virus in tissues / Mary J. Pantin-Jackwood; title: Wild bird surveillance for the avian influenza virus / Justin D. Brown and David E. Stallknecht; title: Reverse genetics of the avian influenza virus / Chang-Won Lee and David L. Suarez; title: Evaluating the cell-mediated immune response of avian species to avian influenza viruses / Darrell R. Kapczynski; title: Measurement of avian cytokines with real-time RT-PCR following infection with the avian influenza virus / Darrell R. Kapczynski and Michael H. Kogut.