Recent Advances in Virus Diagnosis: A Seminar in the CEC Programme of Co-ordination of Research on Animal Pathology, held at the Veterinary Research Laboratories, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 22-23, 1983

The traditional approach to diagnosis of virus infectians by isolation of the causative virus is usually both slow and expensive. More recently, the emphasis has been on the direct detection of viruses or viral antigens in clinical specimens. This can be done using established techniques such as immunofluorescence or electron microscopy, or by newly developed biochemical methods. The purpose of this meeting was to review these and other developments in the laboratory diagnosis of virus infe...