{"id":136,"date":"2015-03-19T21:33:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T21:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/wordpress\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2024-06-24T16:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T16:50:30","slug":"viral-serologies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/viral-serologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Serologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/labweb\/Divisions\/Viro\/Herpes_sero.htm\">Herpes Family Serologies<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">CMV<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">EBV BATTERY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">HSV 1 &amp; 2 (Western Blot)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">VZV Antibody<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/labweb\/Divisions\/Viro\/Hepatitis_sero.htm\">Hepatitis Serologies<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Hepatitis A<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Hepatitis B<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Hepatitis B Surface Antibody &amp; Hepatitis B Core Antibody<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Hepatitis B Core IgM Antibodies<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Hepatitis A &amp; B Battery<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">HHepatitis C<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/labweb\/Divisions\/Viro\/Other_sero.htm\">Other Viral Serologies<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus 1<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Mumps<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Pericarditis &#8211; CNS (Coxsackie B)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Respiratory Syndrome<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Rubella \/ Rubeola (Measles)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">West Nile Virus<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Serological Tests Not Performed by the Virology Division Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cAcute and\/or convalescent viral titers\u201d or \u201cviral studies\u201d requests are too vague. Sera with only this information will be held for 6 weeks and if no other information is called to the laboratory, the sera will be discarded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTORCH\u201d screens are not available through the Virology Laboratory. Viral serologies on babies are not generally useful unless they measure IgM antibodies; IgG assays will only reflect maternal serostatus. For the \u201cTORCH\u201d organisms, reliable IgM assays are available for rubella and CMV and Toxoplasma (Microbiology section). Herpes, CMV and enteroviruses are best diagnosed by culture of babies\u2019 urine, throat, rectum or conjunctiva.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enterovirus serologies (except Coxsackie B) are not performed because there are no common antigens among the 31 serotypes. Throat, rectal and occasionally CSF cultures are recommended. Most enteroviruses are shed for 2 to 4 weeks following onset of disease. Enterovirus PCR is also available for CSF samples.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Chlamydia psittaci&nbsp;<\/em>serologies are performed at the Seattle-King County Health Department and Washington State Department of Health Laboratories.&nbsp;<em>Chlamydia psittaci&nbsp;<\/em>cultures are also performed at the Washington State Department of Health laboratories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herpes Family Serologies Hepatitis Serologies Other Viral Serologies Serological Tests Not Performed by the Virology Division Laboratory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions\/2377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwviro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}