Table XIV-21.

Laboratory Diagnosis of Adenovirus

Diagnostic Procedures	Optimum Specimens	Transport Issues; Optimal Transport Time
NAAT	Nasopharyngeal aspirate/washing, throat or nasopharyngeal swab, lower respiratory specimen, stool, conjunctiva swab, plasma, cerebrospinal fluid	Sterile container or viral transport medium, RT, <2 h
Rapid antigen detection	Nasopharyngeal swab, respiratory specimen	Sterile container or viral transport medium, RT, <2 h
Culture	Nasopharyngeal aspirate/washing, throat or nasopharyngeal swab, lower respiratory specimen, stool, cerebrospinal fluid	Sterile container or viral transport medium, RT, <2 h
Antigen detection (Adenovirus types 40 and 41)	Stool	Sterile container, RT, <2 h
Serology	Serum	Clot tube, RT, <2 h
	Cerebrospinal fluid	Sterile tube, RT, <2 h

Abbreviations: NAAT, nucleic acid amplification test; RT, room temperature.