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Comparative Study
. 1986 Sep;24(3):487-9.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.24.3.487-489.1986.

Viral isolation versus immune staining of infected cell cultures for the laboratory diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infections

J H Hughes, D R Mann, V V Hamparian
Comparative Study

Viral isolation versus immune staining of infected cell cultures for the laboratory diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infections

J H Hughes et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1986 Sep.

Abstract

The Difco Laboratories Cellmatics kit, an immune staining method for the detection of herpes simplex virus after amplification in culture, was found to be 94.6% (138 of 146) sensitive and 100% (302 of 302) specific. However, conventional culturing detected 10 (6.4%) additional viruses that were not herpes simplex. For a full-service diagnostic laboratory, viral isolation is important.

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