As gold standard methods, tube and shell via viral cultures are still applied in some laboratories for the diagnosis of HSV and VZV infections. However, viral culture is time consuming ...

“The tube is skinny ... whether you have HSV-1 or HSV-2, unlike IgM tests. What is a PCR test for herpes? A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test is a type of swab test that can detect viral ...

The tube passes through specially-lined stainless-steel bushings where a high-speed rotary knife automatically cuts it into finished swab lengths that fall onto a Conair MedLine 403 takeaway conveyor.

Doctors may also swab sores or blisters that have not yet healed and send the samples to a lab for tests. Anyone who thinks they might have had exposure to HSV and wants to take a test for ...