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The Virus Culture laboratory at the NC State Laboratory of Public Health (NCSLPH) is a comprehensive virology laboratory providing testing to both the public health community and the private sector.
Successful performance of virologic studies is in part dependent upon the cooperation of informed clinicians who will obtain proper specimens taken at the correct time during the patient’s illness and provide sufficient clinical information for the laboratory to select the appropriate test or tests. Virus culture employing assorted cell culture systems and molecular assays provide a mechanism for the detection and identification of many human viruses which cause a wide variety of common illnesses. The Viral Culture lab is capable of isolating and identifying most Biological Safety Level I through III viruses that can be propagated in conventional cell culture. Molecular testing (PCR) is also routinely available for some viral agents, such as influenza, mumps, Measles, herpes, VZV, and enteroviruses.
For specimen submission and shipping guidance, refer to our SCOPE.
| Viral Culture Service |
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| Adenovirus |
| Cytomegalovirus |
| Enterovirus (including Coxsackie, Echo, and polioviruses) |
| Herpes simplex |
| Influenza |
| Measles |
| Mumps |
| Parainfluenza |
| Respiratory syncytial virus |
| Varicella-zoster |
| NAAT Testing |
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| Measles |
| Mumps |
| Enterovirus |
| Influenza |
| HSV/VZV |
| SARS-CoV-2 |
Updated: 11-02-2021