- YWNABC
West Nile Antibody IgG & IgM, CSF
Specimen:
Test Code
YWNABC
Specimen Name
West Nile Antibody IgG & IgM, CSF
Collect
1-Sterile Container
Submit
2 mLs (Min: 0.3 mL) CSF Refrigerated
Special Handling
Transfer CSF to a Transport Tube.
Rejection Criteria
Bacterially contaminated, heat-inactivated, hemolyzed, or xanthochromic specimens.
Stability
Ambient: 8 hours; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 1 year (avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles)
Methodology
Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Performed
Sunday/Tuesday/Friday
Reported
2-7 days
CPT Codes
- 86788
- 86789
Components
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