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Great Ormond Street
LOCATION OF LABORATORY
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
ADDRESS
VZV Reference Lab
Virology
Level 4, Camelia Botnar Laboratories
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Great Ormond Street
London WC1N 3JH
DX address: DX address GOSH DX 6640203, Bloomsbury 91 WC
TELEPHONE & FAX NUMBER
General Enquiries Tel: 020 7405 9200 Ext 5929
General enquiries email: [email protected]
Clinical enquiries Tel: 020 7405 9200 Ext 2129 / 020 3108 2130
WHAT DO WE DO?
We provide the following serological and molecular diagnostic services:
- Pre- and post-vaccine immunity status
- VZV IgG detection for immune status
- VZV IgG avidity for diagnosis of past or recent infection in pregnancy
- Molecular typing of post-vaccine rashes for differentiation between vaccine and wild type virus in rashes occurring <42 days post vaccination.
- VZV molecular genotyping of virus from outbreaks and transmission events
- VZV acyclovir genotypic resistance testing
- VZV viral load monitoring/DNA detection by real‐time PCR from difficult cases which fail to respond to treatment
NB. Commercial prices available on request. Please contact Prof Judith Breuer
STAFF
Professor Judith Breuer
Professor of Virology
Dr Julianne Brown
Clinical Scientist