Detection of herpes simplex virus by the Kodak SureCell Herpes Test
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K J Dorian1, E Beatty, K E Atterbury
1Columbus Health Department, Ohio 43215.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
The Kodak SureCell Herpes Test Kit (SC-HSV) was evaluated in a high-risk sexually transmitted disease clinic population. A total of 97 lesion specimens (from 94 patients) were tested for the presence of herpes simplex virus by SC-HSV and by spin-amplified tissue culture confirmed by an enzyme immunoassay. The overall sensitivity of SC-HSV compared with that of spin-amplified tissue culture-enzyme immunoassay was 81.1%; the specificity was 100%. For vesicular lesions only, SC-HSV sensitivity was 100%; for nonvesicular lesions, sensitivity was 75.6%, SC-HSV was rapid (less than 15 min) and very easy to perform.