title: The functions of a university-based viral diagnostic laboratory: recent experiences at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
abstract: The work of the Viral Diagnostic Laboratory at Yale-New Haven Hospital has been continuously inspired by the virologic and epidemiologic principles taught us by Dr. Horstmann. This paper helps to define the various functions of this facility. Perhaps its most important role is as a learning laboratory where generations of students, fellows, house officers, and teachers are taught how viruses behave in the human host and in the community.
mesh_terms: D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003237:Connecticut; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014773:Virology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification