Mycoplasma pneumoniae Brucella* Borrelia burgdorferi *(Lyme Disease) (if clinically suspected) Measles virus* Rubella virus* Clotted Blood Parovirus B19* Antistreptolysin Titre (ASO) Borrelia burgdorferi *(Lyme Disease) (if clinically suspected) Saliva Oral Fluid for Exanthem (Skin Rash) HIV(if risk factors) Measles only Hepatitis B (if risk factors) Dengue *(if risk factors) Herpes Simplex Virus* (HSV) Vesicle Fluid/ Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Scrapings on Slide Stool/ Viral Throat Enterovirus* Swab Mumps virus* Serum/ Clotted Blood Serum/ Clotted Blood Nasopharyngeal Measles Aspirate CSG Herpes Simplex virus* (HSV) Clotted Blood or Varicella Zoster (VZV) CSF Central Nervous System CSF/ Stool/ Viral Enterovirus* Throat Swab/ Pleural Fluid Dengue* (if risk factors) West Nile Virus* (if risk Serum/ Clotted Blood factors) Hepatitis A, B, C, D & E Viruses Hepatitis Serum/ Clotted Blood Cytomegalovirus *(CMV) Epstein-Barr Virus* Herpes Simplex *(HSV) Viral swab Urine Genital infection Male uretheral swab Chlamydia trachomatis* Endocervical swab Eye swab
Mycoplasma pneumoniae Brucella* Borrelia burgdorferi *(Lyme Disease) (if clinically suspected) Exanthem (Skin Rash) Measles virus* Rubella virus* Parovirus B19* Antistreptolysin Titre (ASO) Borrelia burgdorferi *(Lyme Disease) (if clinically suspected) HIV(if risk factors) Hepatitis B (if risk factors) Dengue *(if risk factors) Clotted Blood Saliva Oral Fluid for Measles only Herpes Simplex Virus* (HSV) Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Vesicle Fluid/ Scrapings on Slide Enterovirus* Stool/ Viral Throat Swab Central Nervous System Mumps virus* Serum/ Clotted Blood Measles Serum/ Clotted Blood Nasopharyngeal Aspirate CSG Herpes Simplex virus* (HSV) Varicella Zoster (VZV) Clotted Blood or CSF Enterovirus* CSF/ Stool/ Viral Throat Swab/ Pleural Fluid Dengue* (if risk factors) West Nile Virus* (if risk factors) Serum/ Clotted Blood Hepatitis Hepatitis A, B, C, D & E Viruses Cytomegalovirus *(CMV) Epstein-Barr Virus* Serum/ Clotted Blood Genital infection Herpes Simplex *(HSV) Viral swab Chlamydia trachomatis* Urine Male uretheral swab Endocervical swab Eye swab
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