The importance of specific virus diagnosis and monitoring for antiviral treatment.
Antiviral treatment, rapid viral diagnosis and point-of-care diagnostics are all relatively new, and their appropriate use not fully appreciated or evaluated. In this article, the need for laboratory diagnosis in relation to antiviral treatment, and practical approaches are discussed, with influenza and herpes simplex virus (HSV) as examples.
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Department of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SE-171 82 Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. annika.linde@smi.ki.se
D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000998:Antiviral Agents