Echovirus Antibodies
Order Code: ECHO
Epic Lab Code: LAB3047
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
01250 PFP
356-3527
Specimen:
Serum or CSF
Collection Medium:
Red top tube
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 3 mL serum Absolute Minimum: 1 mL serum Pediatric Minimum: 0.25 mL serum
Rejection Criteria:
Plasma
Delivery Instructions:
Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection.
Specimen Instructions:
Acute and convalescent samples must be labeled as such; parallel testing is preferred and convalescent samples must be received within 30 days from receipt of acute samples. Please mark samples plainly as "acute" or "convalescent."
Turn Around Time:
within 10 days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
Echovirus 6: Less than 1:10 Echovirus 7: Less than 1:10 Echovirus 9: Less than 1:10 Echovirus 11: Less than 1:10 Echovirus 30: Less than 1:10
Interpretive Data:
Single positive antibody titers of greater than or equal to 1:80 may indicate past or current infection. Seroconversion or an increase in titers between acute and convalescent sera of at least fourfold is considered strong evidence of current or recent infection.
Methodology:
Serum Neutralization Assay
CPT Code:
86658 (x5)