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Published in final edited form as: J Child Neurol. 2011 May 25;26(9):1101–1110. doi: 10.1177/0883073811408089

Table 1.

Testing for herpes viruses in the VIPS study

Virus	Serum/Plasma testing		CSF (on subset)	Further testing if evidence of acute infection
Virus	Acute	Convalescent	CSF (on subset)	Further testing if evidence of acute infection
HSV1 HSV2	IgM, IgG	IgM IgG	PCR, intrathecal antibody	do type-specific antibody if evidence of acute infection found
VZV	IgM, IgG Qualitative PCR	IgM IgG	PCR, intrathecal antibody
CMV	IgM IgG	IgM IgG	PCR
EBV	VCA IgM, EBNA, VCA IgG Quantitative PCR		PCR