Abstract
The authors review data concerning the classical and modern virological techniques allowing the diagnosis of influenza virus infection in laboratory. Traditional isolation methods of influenza virus in cell culture, direct and rapid detection of viral antigen by immunoassay tests, molecular biology techniques based on the detection of specific viral nucleic acids by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, and classical serological methods are described and their preferential indications specified.
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