10A N.C. Admin. Code 42B .0106 - VIROLOGY/SEROLOGY
(a) The services
available for the laboratory diagnosis of viral infections are based on the
following general approaches:
(1) the
examination of serum for the demonstration of a significant increase in
antibody titer to a given virus;
(2) the examination of pathological fluids,
tissue, and other suitable material for the isolation and identification of the
viral agent; and
(3) the
examination of infected tissue to demonstrate the presence of viral material or
for changes which are characteristic of a particular viral disease.
(b) Several types of serological
procedures and variations of those are used to study and detect evidence of
rickettsial, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases as well as
viruses.
(c) Only the head of
animals larger than the common gray squirrel shall be accepted. Gray squirrels
and small animals, including bats, shall, when possible, be submitted
intact.
Notes
Eff. October 1, 1985;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1990.
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