Particle Agglutination Method for Poliovirus IdentificationMinetaro Arita 1, Souji Masujima 2, Takaji Wakita 1, Hiroyuki Shimizu 1
1Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 2New Product Design Department, Fujirebio Inc.
A recently developed novel particle agglutination (PA) assay utilizing virus receptor molecule allowed a rapid and easy identification of poliovirus (PV). In this article, we will show the procedure for the PA assay for PV identification.