SPECIMEN COLLECTION TO ADENOVIRIDAE Flashcards
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[?], from the [?]
Taken at the [?]
RIGHT SPECIMEN; RIGHT SITE
RIGHT TIME
Stored and transported [?]
IMMEDIATELY
To ensure [?]
accurate laboratory results and prevent contamination.
: most crucial procedure
Pre – analytical
Store specimen at [?]
4C
Transportation that will take days at [?]
-70C
SPECIMENS
• Urine
• Throat Swab/Throat Washings
• Blood; Plasma
• Rectal swab
• Biopsy material
• Skin scrapings
• CSF
• Vesicle fluid
• Autopsy tissue
Respiratory Infection
Nasal or throat swabs, postnasal washings
Gastrointestinal Infection
Feces
Vesicular Rash
Vesicular fluid
Hepatitis
Serum, feces
CNS
CSF, throat swab, feces
AIDS
Unclotted blood
VIRAL GROUP
Respiratory Tract
Mouth or Gastrointestinal Tract
Skin
Respiratory Tract
• Adenoviridae
• Herpesviridae
• Poxviridae
• Picornaviridae
• Togaviridae
• Orthomyxovirid ae
Mouth or Gastrointestinal Tract
• Adenoviridae
• Herpesviridae
• Picornaviridae
• Reoviridae
• Flaviviridae
Skin: A. Mild Trauma
• Papovaviridae
• Herpesviridae
• Poxviridae
Skin: B. Injection
• Herpesviridae
• Hepadnaviridae
• Retropiridae
Skin: C. Bites
• Togaviridae
• Rhabdoviridae
• Flaviviridae
THREE APPROACHES
Direct detection of virus
Virus Isolation (Indirect detection)
Serology (Detection of Antibodies)
• Electron Microscopy
Direct detection of virus
• Light Microscopy “Inclusion Bodies”
Direct detection of virus
• Antigen detection tests
Direct detection of virus
• Molecular methods: PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) & Nucleic Acid Probes
Direct detection of virus