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New Inhibitor and Erythrocyte Receptor Substances for Certain Asian Strains of Influenza Virus

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SEVERAL investigators1–5 and ourselves6,7 have shown that individual Asian strains of influenza A virus can be divided into two groups on the grounds of their sensitivity to inhibitors of hæmagglutination. The so-called ‘non-avid’5 or Q-phase8 strains are not inhibited by non-immune sera, and only moderately by homologous hyperimmune sera. On the other hand, both non-immune and immune serum inhibitors are highly active against the ‘avid’ or R-phase strains.

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TAKÁTSY, G., BARB, K. New Inhibitor and Erythrocyte Receptor Substances for Certain Asian Strains of Influenza Virus. Nature 183, 52–53 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183052a0

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