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How would you test for herpesvirus (immunoassay/PCR)? Then, how would you design an effective assay to...

How would you test for herpesvirus (immunoassay/PCR)? Then, how would you design an effective assay to measure the infectivity of the herpesvirus using cell culture method?

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there is most effective test for herpes virus is PCR

viral culture

1. for virus culture scrapes or swabs one of your sores to take a sample. and spread on medium. then check the sample for herpes virus kept it for 7 days to get good result

HSV grows readily in a wide variety of cell lines including human foreskin fibroblasts, MRC-5, A549, rhabdomyosarcoma, mink lung, primary rabbit kidney

PCR=  the viral culture, swabs or scrapes a sample from one of your sores. A lab gets the sample and looks for genes from the herpes virus. PCR test results either positive or negative

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