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. 1983 Aug;18(2):445–448. doi: 10.1128/jcm.18.2.445-448.1983

Comparison of direct immunofluorescence and direct immunoperoxidase procedures for detection of herpes simplex virus antigen in lesion specimens.

N J Schmidt, J Dennis, V Devlin, D Gallo, J Mills
PMCID: PMC270826  PMID: 6311876

Abstract

Direct immunofluorescence and direct immunoperoxidase staining were equally sensitive and specific for detection of herpes simplex virus antigen in lesion specimens, and each method showed 82% agreement with virus isolation results.

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