Guide to Virological Tests
Adenovirus Measles
Arbovirus Mumps
Coxsackie Parainfluenza
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Polio
Echovirus Rabies
Enterovirus Respiratory Syncytial virus
Influenza Rubella
Herpes Simplex Varicella
Human Immunodeficiency virus Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers

 

Key to Abbreviations:
ELISA Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
CFT Complement fixation test
HAI Haemagglutination inhibition
IF Immunofluorescence
PCR Polymerase chain reaction
UD Urea denaturation

 

Adenovirus
Tissue Culture Yes
Arbovirus
Serological Test HAI
Confirmatory Test IF, ELISA
Molecular testing PCR
Serological Test
Virus Isolation
Cytomegalovirus
Tissue Culture Yes
Supplementary test CMV pp65
Echovirus
Tissue Culture Yes
Enteroviruses
Tissue Culture Yes
Influenza
Supplementary Test HAI, IF, Egg Inoculation
Tissue Culture Yes
Herpes Simplex
Serological Test (HSV-2 IgG only) ELISA
Tissue Culture Yes
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Serological Test ELISA
Supplementary Test Western blot, PCR, p24 antigen, viral load
Measles
Serological Test ELISA
Tissue Culture Yes
Mumps
Tissue Culture Yes
Parainfluenza
Tissue Culture Yes
Poliomyelitis
Serological Test Neutralization
Tissue Culture Yes
Rabies
Serological test (post vaccinal immunity and clinical cases) IF
Ante mortem testing PCR, IF, virus isolation
Post mortem testing FA, PCR, virus isolation
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Tissue Culture Yes
Rubella
Serological Test ELISA
Supplementary Test UD
Tissue Culture Yes
Varicella
Tissue Culture Yes
Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
Serological Test IF, ELISA
Molecular testing; PCR
Virus Isolation Yes