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HelpTest Code EB VCA IgG Epstein Barr Ab to Viral Capsid Ag IgG
Performing Laboratory
| Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Virology Laboratory | 304-388-9618 |
Specimen Requirements
Serum-Plain Red Top Tube
Draw 6 ml (minimum 3 mL) blood
Allow sample to clot naturally before centrifugation
Centrifuge and remove serum within 8 hours of collection
Specimen Rejection
- Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
- Quantity not sufficient
- Hemolyzed serum
- Serum subject to repeat freeze thaw cycles.
Storage and Stability
| Room Temperature | 8 hrs |
| Refrigerate | 5 days |
| Frozen | Not specified |
Reference Values
|
Consistent With |
IgG VCA |
|
Acute infection with EBV |
+ |
| Remote past infection with EBV |
+ |
| Recent (<1 year) chronic or reactivation infection with EBV |
+ |
| No serological evidence of past or present infection with EBV |
- |
| - = negative at lowest dilution tested + = positive for specified antibody |
|
Days Test Set Up and Turnaround
Monday- Friday, 9:00AM Start Time
Results available same day as testing
Methodology
Chemiluminescence
CPT Coding
86665