Fig. 1.
Comparison of real time qPCR, CE-ELISA and virus culture over a range of 10-fold serial dilutions of (A) A/Shangdong/3/93 (H3N2), (B) A/Taiwan/1/86 (H1N1) and (C) B/Lisbon/3/96. The virus titre in pfu/ml for the input virus dilutions is estimated from the stock concentration. log values (Y-axis) are given as mean vRNA copies/ml for real time qPCR and TCID50/ml for CE-ELISA. +/− Refers to the presence/absence of haemagglutination activity in virus culture.