Abstract
In general, three assay types are commonly used in diagnostic virology. Since these are described in other chapters it suffices here just to reiterate the methodology names:
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Agglutination (complement-fixation tests);
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Immunological (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]); and
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Molecular biological (polymerase chain reaction [PCR] and DNA probes).
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Pfost, D.R., Keightley, R.G. (1998). Robotic Analyzers. In: Stephenson, J.R., Warnes, A. (eds) Diagnostic Virology Protocols. Methods in Molecular Medicine™, vol 12. Springer, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-479-8:287
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