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SUMMARY

The oligosaccharide sidechains attached to the major polypeptide, HA of the haemagglutinin of influenza virus were examined for antigenic activity using a solid-phase radioimmunoassay. Cross-reactivity between the HA of different human subtypes was clearly demonstrable with IgG raised against purified virus but was abrogated if anti-carbohydrate antibodies were first removed by passage of the IgG through an immunoadsorbent column containing haemagglutinin (HA) from an unrelated avian influenza strain. Antibodies eluted from the column were found to cross-react with the HA of all subtypes tested. ‘Host antigen’ extracted from chick chorioallantoic membrane and coupled to Sepharose was also able to remove cross-reactive antibodies from antiviral sera, while antibodies raised against host antigen bound to the HA isolated from each subtype tested. It is concluded that, although there are qualitative and quantitative differences between the oligosaccharide sidechains of influenza haemagglutinins, the antigenically active side-chains are cross-reactive.

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