Yellow fever

Test code: S0081 - Ultrasensitive qualitative detection of yellow fever virus by reverse transcription coupled real time polymerase chain reaction.

Utilities:

• Help confirm the disease causing agent
• Shorten the time required to confirm a clinical diagnosis of yellow fever
• Help ensure that primate colonies are free of yellow fever virus
• Early prevention of spread of this virus
• Minimize personnel exposure to this virus

Specimen requirements: 0.5 ml whole blood in EDTA (purple top) or ACD (yellow top) tube, or 0.5 ml serum or plasma, or 0.5 ml fresh or frozen tissue.

For specimen types other than those listed here, please call to confirm specimen acceptability and shipping instructions. For all specimen types, if there will be a delay in shipping, or during very warm weather, refrigerate specimens until shipped and ship with a cold pack unless more stringent shipping requirements are specified. Frozen specimens should be shipped so as to remain frozen in transit. See shipping instructions for more information.

Turnaround time: 2 business days

Methodology: Qualitative reverse transcription coupled real time PCR

Normal range: Nondetected