In this 2-day course the basic principles of routine virus neutralization and ELISA assays will be addressed by a combination of lectures, demonstration and hands-on training. Special attention will be given to quality control and assay validation. Topics include: cell culture, biosafety procedures, preparation of sera and virus stocks, ELISA and microarray formats, different virus neutralization tests using pseudotyped viruses and wildtype viruses, immunofluorescence staining of cells, calculation of titers, assay validation and quality control.
