Specificity
This antibody reacts with NP of all Influenza B viruses tested to date (113 clinical strains), including Yamagata lineage strains; Mie/1/1993, JohanesBurg/5/1999, Florida/4/2006 and Victoria lineage strains; Lee/1940, Gif/21/1973, Shangdong/7/1997, Malasia/2506/2004, and Massachustts/2/2012 .