“…Traditionally, strain classification into serotypes has been by VNTs performed in various systems, including embryonated eggs (Dawson & Gough, 1971;Cunningham, 1973;Cowen & Hitchner, 1975;Lohr, 1976Lohr, , 1977Gelb et al, 1981Gelb et al, , 1989Gelb et al, , 1991Davelaar et al, 1984;Picault et al, 1986;Karaca et al, 1990;Cubillos et al, 1991;Capua et al, 1998), cell culture (Hopkins, 1974;Cowen & Hitchner, 1975;Wadey & Faragher, 1981;Csermelyi et al, 1988), or TOCs (Johnson & Marquardt, 1975;Darbyshire et al, 1979;Cook, 1984;Cook et al, 1987Cook et al, , 1999Hinze et al, 1991;Ignjatovic & McWaters, 1991;Cubillos et al, 1991;Parsons et al, 1992;Dhinakar Raj & Jones, 1996b;Ignjatovic & Ashton, 1996;Wang et al, 1997). There are several reports on serotyping by the HI test (Lashgari & Newman, 1984;Brown & Bracewell, 1985;Toro et al, 1987;Cook et al, 1987;Capua et al, 1998Capua et al, , 1999.…”