What does SN stand for?

Serum Neutralization

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Serum samples were heat inactivated at 56[degrees]C for 30 min and subsequently nucleoprotein antibody ELISA, serum neutralization test (SNT), and hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) test were performed.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) in experimentally ...

Thirty-nine samples (2 samples had insufficient amounts of plasma remaining) were analyzed by using NiV and HeV serum neutralization tests (SNTs) under Biosafety Level 4 conditions (10).

Henipavirus infection in fruit bats (Pteropus gigantous), India

Antibodies against Nipah, Hendra, and Tioman viruses were detected by immunoassay in 23 and by serum neutralization tests in 3 of 427 serum samples, which suggests that related viruses have circulated in Madagascar.

Henipavirus and Tioman virus antibodies in pteropodid bats, Madagascar

50] of the representative human or animal virus strains for a serum neutralization assay.

Based on the serum neutralization tests, TGEV/PRCV and SARS-CoV do not appear to be antigenically closely related, an observation supported by the initial genomic analysis (1,2).

Susceptibility of pigs and chickens to SARS coronavirus

We had chosen to screen the serum specimens at a low dilution to increase their sensitivity, which would then be confirmed by the serum neutralization test.

Healthcare worker seroconversion in SARS outbreak

All 11 were confirmed by serum neutralization test.

Antibodies to Nipah-like virus in bats (Pteropus lylei), Cambodia. ...

At AAHL, sera were tested by indirect ELISA using Nipah virus antigen and by serum neutralization test (SNT).

Nipah Virus Infection in Bats (Order Chiroptera) in Peninsular ...