TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Laboratory Diagnosis A1 - Levinson, Warren A1 - Chin-Hong, Peter A1 - Joyce, Elizabeth A. A1 - Nussbaum, Jesse A1 - Schwartz, Brian Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 17e AB - There are five approaches to the diagnosis of viral diseases by the use of clinical specimens: (1) identification of the virus in cell culture, (2) microscopic identification directly in the specimen, (3) serologic procedures to detect a rise in antibody titer or the presence of immunoglobulin (Ig) M antibody, (4) detection of viral antigens in blood or body fluids, and (5) detection of viral nucleic acids in blood or the patient’s cells. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2023/03/31 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190861637 ER -