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Research Article| Volume 5, ISSUE 1, P137-156, March 1985

Rapid Viral Diagnosis

  • Nathalie J. Schmidt
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    Corresponding author: Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, 2151 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94704
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    Research Scientist, Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30887-4
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      The past decade has seen the development of methods for rapid detection of viral antigens directly in clinical specimens, for more rapid and specific identification of viral isolates, and for more rapid and efficient demonstration of viral antibodies. This progress in rapid diagnosis of viral infections aids in successful therapeutic intervention of patients or their contacts and in the control of viral diseases in the community.
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      This article first appeared in Medical Clinics of North America, Vol. 67, No. 5, September 1983, as part of a symposium on medical virology.

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