Seasonal H1N1 Hemagglutinin Antibody

Infectious Disease

Hemagglutinin antibody can be used for the detection of the Hemagglutinin protein from the H1N1 strain of common influenza A in ELISA. It will detect 2 ng of free peptide at 1 μ g/mL.

Seasonal H1N1 Hemagglutinin Antibody is affinity chromatography purified via peptide column.

IgG

Seasonal H1N1 Hemagglutinin Antibody is supplied in PBS containing 0.02% sodium azide.

Seasonal H1N1 Hemagglutinin antibody can be stored at 4˚ C for three months and -20˚ C, stable for up to one year. As with all antibodies care should be taken to avoid repeated freeze thaw cycles. Antibodies should not be exposed to prolonged high temperatures.

Optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user. The information provided is a guideline for product use. This product is for research use only.

HA

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Influenza A virus (A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1))

Seasonal H1N1 Hemagglutinin Antibody: Influenza A virus is a major public health threat, killing more than 30, 000 people per year in the USA. In early 2009, a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus was identified in specimens obtained from patients in Mexico and the United States. The virus spread quickly around the world and on June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic. Influenza A virus has one of sixteen possible Hemagglutinin (HA) surface proteins and one of nine possible Neuraminidase (NA) surface proteins. The Hemagglutinin protein facilitates viral attachment while Neuraminidase is involved in viral release. These proteins also elicit immune responses that prevent infection or independently reduce viral replication. The genetic make-up of this swine flu virus is unlike any other: it is an H1N1 strain that combines a triple assortment first identified in 1998 including human, swine, and avian influenza with two new pig H3N2 virus genes from Eurasia, themselves of recent human origin. The distinct antigenic properties of the new swine virus compared with seasonal influenza A (H1N1) virus suggest that human immunity against new swine influenza virus is limited, although the age distribution of reported cases suggests some degree of protection in older age groups.

Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Investigation Team, Dawood FS, Jain S, et al. Emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus in humans. N. Engl. J. Med.2009; 360:2605-15.

Morens DM, Taubenberger JK, and Fauci AS. The Persistent Legacy of the 1918 Influenza Virus. N. Engl. J. Med.2009; Jun 29.

ELISA results using Seasonal H1N1 Hemagglutinin antibody at 1 μ g/mL and the blocking and corresponding peptides at 50, 10, 2 and 0 ng/mL.