Abstract

The laboratory confirmation of myxovirus infections can be accomplished with a variety of technics at several levels of sophistication and expense. The methods selected for diagnosis of myxovirus infections are conditioned by the interests, responsibilities, and capabilities of the laboratory, by the needs of the attending physician, and by the purposes of the responsible investigator. Knowledge of the clinical, pathologic, and epidemiologic phenomena involved in myxovirus infections also plays a role in the choice of the procedures employed. There is no one “best” method for establishing a laboratory diagnosis; there are alternative methods appropriate for each circumstance. In this appraisal, practical considerations appropriate to the needs and objectives of the clinical laboratory are emphasized.

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