Использование микрокультурального иммуноферментного анализа для субтиповой идентификации циркулирующих вирусов гриппа А(Н1) и А(Н3)

The sensitive version of cell-ELISA was developed for the subtype-specific differentiation of current influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) viruses that are circulating in the human population. This method is based on the estimation of virus reproduction in the infected MDCK cells. The detection step of this method is an interaction of the subtype-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with the viral hemagglutinin (НА). The influenza A virus strains, isolated in 2014 epidemic season, were used to validate this method. It was shown that by using mAb # 1/ # 2 or # 4 at a concentration of 10-15 µg / ml the developed variant of cell-ELISA allows the detection of НА protein, synthesized in the cells infected with influenza A(H3N2) or A(H1N1)pdm09 virus, respectively. The developed method can be used for identification of HA subtype of modern influenza A viruses with low HA activity, which is not possible by the conventional hemagglutination inhibition test.