Detection of anti-NS1 antibodies after pandemic influenza exposure: Evaluation of a serological method for distinguishing H1N1pdm09 infected from vaccinated cases.
Anna Hayman RobertsonMilada MahicMiloje SavicGro TunheimOlav HungnesLill TrogstadWalter Ian LipkinSiri MjaalandPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2020)
The LIPS method could differentiate between sera from experimentally infected and vaccinated animals. However, in human samples obtained more than 6 months after the pandemic, LIPS was specific, but not sufficiently sensitive for ascertaining cases by exposure.