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Immunology and Infection

Particle Agglutination Method for Poliovirus Identification

Minetaro Arita¹, Souji Masujima², Takaji Wakita¹, Hiroyuki Shimizu¹

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.