2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a rapid diagnosis test against H5N1 influenza viruses

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21659171
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Public health/Health science
Research Institution	Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health
Principal Investigator	NISHIMURA Hiroshi 大阪府立公衆衛生研究所, 企画総務部, 主任研究員 (80250299)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	TAKAHASHI Kazuo 大阪府立公衆衛生研究所, 感染症部, 副所長兼感染症部長 (10171472)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	新型インフルエンザ / 迅速診断 / イミュノクロマト法
Research Abstract	We have developed a rapid diagnosis test detecting specifically the H5 subtype of influenza virus(IV) at high sensitivity. This rapid test could be applied for clinical trial to detect the H5N1 virus.