Virus 1 Test Kit

VI 1 Coxsackie
Tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, childhood pneumonia, upper respiratory tract infection, greyish ulcers of soft palate and fauces, Bornholm disease, fever, hand foot and mouth disease, flaccid paralysis, viral meningitis. 24 group A and 6 group B.

VI 2 Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, encephalitis, hepatitis.

VI 3 Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
Infectious mononucleosis, tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, glandular fever, encephalitis, hepatitis, implicated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and lymphomas, viral meningitis.

VI 4 Hepatitis A (HAV)
Acute hepatitis.
Particularly prevalent in developing countries.
In developed nations 20% of young adults show serological evidence of past infection.

VI 5 Hepatitis B (HBV)
Acute and chronic viral hepatitis, implicated in primary liver cancer.
0.1% of UK population estimated to be carriers.

VI 6 Hepatitis C (HCV)
Acute and chronic viral hepatitis, implicated in primary liver cancer.

VI 7 Herpes Simplex Type 1 (HSV)
Tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, cold sores, whitlows, encephalitis, oral and genital ulcers (cold sores).

VI 8 Herpes Simplex Type 2 (HSV)
Genital ulcers.

VI 9 Herpes Zoster
Shingles.

VI 10 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Tonsillitis/ pharyngitis, encephalitis.

VI 11 Influenza
Singapore A, Sichnan A, Beijing A, Shangdong A, Panama B, Yamagata B strains in this vial.

VI 12 Measles Virus
Fever and running nose, cough followed by rash, viral meningitis.

VI 13 Mumps Virus
Headache, sore throat and fever with enlarged salivary glands

VI 14 Papilloma Human Virus (HPV)
Warts, verrucas, implicated in cancer of the cervix.

VI 15 Polio Virus
Poliomyelitis. 3 types. Type 1 most virulent.

VI 16 Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV)
Croup, common cold, childhood pneumonia.
Asthma sometimes starts after an infection with this virus.

VI 17 Rubella Virus(German Measles)
German measles, rash.

VI 18 Smallpox Virus
Smallpox, influenza-type illness, pus-filled blisters.
It is believed that no reservoirs of this virus are now left outside of laboratories.

VI 19 Varicella Zoster
Chickenpox.

VI 20 Yellow Fever Virus
Hepatitis. Occurs in tropical areas of Africa and South America

VI 21 Parvovirus
Causes slapped cheek disease (fifth disease / erythema infectiosum); a distinctive red, lacy-like rash on cheeks (and sometimes other parts of body), headache, fever; occurs most often in children; 20% to 30% symptom-free even though infected; in adults can cause joint pains and swelling, miscarriages in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy; can cause chronic anaemia in those with HIV or who have had organ transplants.
Thought that 60% of all adults in the UK have been infected with Parvovirus at some point, usually as a child (NHS Direct).