Development of immunofluorescent diagnostics for the determination of IgM and IgG antibodies to herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2.

The Russian kits «HSV-1-Fluorogen-screen» and «HSV-2-Fluorogen-screen» have been developed for the determination of antibodies M and G to herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 by the immunofluorescence reaction. The kits were used to examine the positive and negative standard «EKOlab» panels sera and showed 100% sensitivity and specificity of the developed tests. 125 samples of blood serum from people with clinical diagnoses such as herpetic, cytomegalovirus infections, pyelonephritis, conjunctivitis and central nervous system damage were tested in parallel with using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay systems from different manufacturers and the developed tests «HSV-1-Fluorogen-screen» and «HSV-2-Fluorogen-screen». A high degree of matching of results with comparison sets was observed in examined samples. The developed diagnostics can be successfully used in clinical practice both for screening and for verification of results of the diagnosis of herpesvirus infections caused by herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2.