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. 2010 Apr 28:58–82. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-5766-6.00007-8

TABLE 3.1.

Advantages of IHC for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

  • 1.

    Opportunity for rapid results

  • 2.

    Reduced risk of exposure to serious infectious diseases by performance on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue

  • 3.

    High sensitivity allowing identification of infectious agents even before morphologic changes occur

  • 4.

    Opportunities for retrospective diagnosis of individual patients and for in-depth study of the disease

  • 5.

    Specific identification of infectious agents with many monoclonal antibodies and some polyclonal antibodies