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Viral lesion culture

Herpes skin test; Chicken pox skin test

No presence of herpes-infected cells in the scraping is normal.

The results are immediately available. If herpes-infected cells are detected, the patient has been infected with one or the other of the following:

• Herpes simplex (which causes cold sores, fever blister , or genital sores)
• Varicella-zoster virus (which causes chickenpox and "shingles").

Review Date: 02/10/2006
Reviewed By: Kenneth Wener, M.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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