Includes bibliographical references and index.

Influenza Viruses : an introduction / Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Gabriele Neumann -- Influenza virus isolation / Scott Krauss, David Walker, and Robert G. Webster -- Influenza virus titration, antigenic characterization, and serological methods for antibody detection / Alexander Klimov .. [et al.] -- Diagnosis of influenza virus / Kirsten St. George -- Solid-phase assays of receptor-binding specificity / Mikhail N. Matrosovich and Alexandra S. Gambaryan -- Chemiluminescent neuraminidase inhibition assay : a functional method for detection of influenza virus resistance to the neuraminidase inhibitors / Margaret Okomo-Adhiambo, Aeron C. Hurt, and Larisa V. Gubareva -- Fluorescence neuraminidase inhibition assay : a functional method for detection of influenza virus resistance to the neuraminidase inhibitors / Aeron C. Hurt, Margaret Okomo-Adhiambo, and Larisa V. Gubareva -- Animal models / Edwin J.B. Veldhuis Kroeze, Thijs Kuiken, and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus -- Influenza virus surveillance, vaccine strain selection, and manufacture / Klaus Stöhr ... [et al.] -- Genetic engineering of live attenuated influenza viruses / Hong Jin ... [et al.] -- Influenza A virus molecular virology techniques / Bin Zhou and David E. Wentworth -- Reverse genetics of influenza viruses / Gabriele Neumann, Makoto Ozawa, and Yoshihiro Kawaoka -- Genetic analysis / Gavin J.D. Smith, Justin Bahl, and Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna.