Unit Code 83917:
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Antibody Panel, IgG and IgM, Spinal Fluid
Method Description
Dilutions of CSF are prepared and allowed to react with substrate
cells infected with the appropriate arbovirus. If antibodies to this
virus are present in the CSF of the patient, an antigen-antibody
complex will develop that can be detected by a fluorescein-labeled
antibody directed to human globulin. (Tsai TF: Arboviruses. In Manual of
Clinical Microbiology. 7th edition. Edited by PR Murray, EJ Baron,
MA Pfaller, et al. Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology,
1999, pp 1107-1124; Beaty BJ, Casals J, Brown KL, et al: Indirect
fluorescent-antibody technique for serological diagnosis of LaCrosse
[California] virus infections. J Clin Microbiol 1982;15;429-443)
Performing Laboratory Location
Rochester
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