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Ability of a rapid serology test to detect seroconversion to herpes simplex virus type 2 glycoprotein G soon after
R L Ashley1, M Eagleton, N Pfeiffer
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. rashle@chmc.org
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|April 16, 1999
Abstract:
Sera (n = 188) from 29 patients with first-episode genital herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infections were tested by POCkit-HSV-2 and Western blot (WB) to determine the speed of seroconversion. The median time to detection of HSV-2 antibody was 13 days (range, 3 to 102 days) by the POCkit-HSV-2 test versus 13 days (range, 2 to 58 days) for WB.