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. 2001 Sep;8(5):909–912. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.8.5.909-912.2001

TABLE 3.

Turnaround time for detection of HSV from specimens

Assay No. of specimens positive on indicated day of reporta
Sb 1 2 3 4 5 6
SimulFluor DFA 84 (80)
Shell vial IP 43 (41) 49 (87.6)
Culture 17 (16.2) 34 (48.6) 29 (76.2) 16 (91.4) 6 (97.1) 3 (100)
a

Values in parentheses indicate cumulative percentages of positive specimens. 

b

S, same-day result. 

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