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Virus Reference and Surveillance Laboratory (VRSL)

Enterovirus

Clinical Virology Program

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Electron micrograph of poliovirus.

Electron micrograph of poliovirus.
(Courtesy of the Dr. Fred Murphy and Sylvia Whitfield, CDC.)

Contact Information

Lab Director:
Kirsten St. George M.App.Sc., Ph.D.
(518) 869-4520

Cell-Based Testing Supervisor:
Kim Rush-Wilson
(518) 869-4559

Molecular Testing Supervisor:
Meghan Fuschino, M.S.
(518) 869-4559

Certification Information

CLIA # 33D0654341
PFI # 1067
WHO Collaborating Laboratory
Disease:
  • Mild upper respiratory disease or flu-like illness with fever and muscle aches
  • Poliovirus: fever and muscle aches, followed by paralysis
  • Encephalitis
Transmission:
  • Via the fecal-oral route
Vaccination:
  • Vaccine is available for poliovirus
Age Association:
  • All ages, often young children
Geographic Distribution:
  • World wide
Seasonal Distribution:
  • Usually spring through fall (April to October)
Preferred Specimens:
  • Nasopharyngeal swabs, stool, rectal swabs, CSF
Collection and Shipping:
Test Methods: Culture:
  • Conventional tube culture
  • Immunofluorescence assay for subtyping
  Molecular:
  • Real-time RT-PCR
  • Conventional RT-PCR
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