Diagnosis and treatment of viral diseases in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Table 2 Laboratory diagnosis of herpesviruses

Viruses	Methods
HSV	PCR(preferred); antigen detection [25]
VZV	PCR(preferred); Immunofluorescent-antibody staining [25]
CMV	PCR(preferred); CMV antigen (pp65) detection [24, 103]
EBV	PCR; immunohistochemistry or in situ hybridization to detect EBV in biopsy specimens [25]
HHV6-8	PCR [24]

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