FDA approved Roche’s Elecsys (HSV) types 1 and 2 IgG assays for use on the cobas™ platform. The assays are for use with sexually active individuals and pregnant women as an aid to the presumptive ...

Herpes affects billions of people around the world. In fact, the World Health Organization reports that 3.8 billion people under the age of 50 have herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the main cause ...

Risk factors for neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection associated with maternal herpes are prematurity, prolonged rupture of membranes (PROM), and primary as opposed to recurrent maternal ...

System from Quest Diagnostics’ products business is first FDA-cleared Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 test that uses genital swab or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen collection Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: ...

Palo Alto-based novel blood test company Theranos was granted a waiver from the FDA allowing the company to offer its first FDA-cleared blood test, its herpes simplex 1 virus IgG (HSV IgG) test, ...

IgG subclasses differ in their effector functions in a variety of in vitro assays. To assess the effect of antibody subclass differences on in vivo protective efficacy against herpes simplex virus ...