LIAISON® VZV IgG assay
Despite extensive immunization programs, Varicella Zoster remains a common seasonal disease, which can cause complications in children, pregnant woman or immunocompromised individuals.
The LIAISON® VZV IgG assay is a automated solution to support clinicians in the assessment of varicella zoster virus IgG antibodies.
Background
Varicella (chicken pox) is an acute, highly contagious viral disease with worldwide distribution, seasonal prevalence in winter and spring. It is characterized by generalized vesicular exanthema often accompanied by fever. Following a primary infection, the virus remains latent in the neural ganglia, and upon subsequent reactivation VZV may cause zoster (shingles), a disease mainly affecting elderly and immunocompromised individuals.
Diagnostic evaluation of VZV infection may be considered to check the immune status and/or identify an active infection, when the individual has atypical and/or severe symptoms and the physician wishes to distinguish between VZV infection and other causes.
Diagnostic testing may also be performed prior to organ transplantation or when a child, pregnant woman or immunocompromised individual has been exposed to a patient with chickenpox.
Why use LIAISON® VZV IgG assay
The LIAISON® VZV solution provides a fully automated tool for the assessment of immune response to the Varicella Zoster virus in both infection and immunization.
The determination of IgG antibodies with the LIAISON VZV IgG assay supports the clinician in estimating the immune coverage for varicella zoster, standardoised to the WHO reference.
LIAISON® VZV IgG: Reference to WHO Standard: Calibrated against WHO International Preparation W1044.
LIAISON® VZV IgM can alert the clinician to a current varicella zoster infection, without cross-reacitivty to other common viral Infectious Agents
No cross reactions observed with a panel consisting of antibodies to EBV EBNA, EBV VCA, hCMV, rubella, HSV 1/2, Toxoplasma, Borrelia, ANA.
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