Area |
Health Science |
Lab name |
Clinical Virology Laboratory |
Lab location |
Wallaceville Science Centre, Upper Hutt |
Test name |
Poliovirus intratypic differentiation (ITD) by PCR and ELISA |
Organisms |
Poliovirus (family: Picornaviridae; Genus: Enterovirus; Groups: Poliovirus types 1-3) |
Requested for surveillance |
no |
Notice required |
yes |
Sample requirements |
Viral culture isolates |
Media requirements |
Viral culture media and/or viral transport medium |
Pre-transport requirements |
5 ± 3°C within 24 hours |
Transport requirements |
5 ± 3°C within 24 hours |
How results reported |
Report will state the intratypic differentiation result for the isolate |
Turnaround time |
Contact the laboratory |
Referral link |