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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2026

Multicenter clinical evaluation of a fully automated multiplex HSV-1, HSV-2, and VZV real-time PCR assay.

Joseph Yao, Erin McElvania, Mohammad Al-Ghoul, Parul Patel, Rupinder Kular, Jeffrey Wuitschick, Shihai Huang, John Birdsall, Ekaterina Pestova, Neelam Dhiman

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Joseph YaoMayo Clinic Laboratories, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Erin McElvaniaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Endeavor Health, Evanston, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-3959-2583
Mohammad Al-GhoulLabCorp, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Parul PatelDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Endeavor Health, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Rupinder KularMolecular Diagnostics at Abbott, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-9840-6508
Jeffrey WuitschickMolecular Diagnostics at Abbott, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.
Shihai HuangMolecular Diagnostics at Abbott, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.
John BirdsallMolecular Diagnostics at Abbott, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.
Ekaterina PestovaMolecular Diagnostics at Abbott, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.
Neelam DhimanQuest Diagnostics Inc., Lewisville, Texas, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) are associated with a range of clinical manifestations depending on the anatomical site of infection. HSV and VZV lesions often exhibit similar phenotypical characteristics, making clinical differentiation challenging. Detection and differentiation of HSV-1, HSV-2, and VZV are essential for diagnosis and treatment management. An automated multiplex real-time PCR assay, Alinity m HSV 1 & 2/VZV assay, was developed to detect and differentiate HSV-1, HSV-2, and VZV. The assay was validated for use with cutaneous and mucocutaneous lesion swab specimens collected in commercial viral transport media from symptomatic patients. The assay demonstrated a limit of detection of 5.90 TCID

Indexed as

Automation, LaboratoryHerpes SimplexHerpesvirus 1, HumanHerpesvirus 2, HumanMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionVaricella Zoster Virus InfectionHerpesvirus 3, HumanHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesSensitivity and Specificityhigh-throughput assayHSVMultiplex real-time PCRviral detection and differentiationVZV

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PMID42599190
PMCPMC13556249

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