Immunology Division
The immunology division conducts testing in support of the HIV/STD Program, Family Planning Program, Maternity Program, the TB Program, and the Epidemiology Office. Some assays provide routine surveillance information such as HIV screening of all new jail inmates in the state and Hepatitis screening of all health department maternity patients. Other assays are done in response to outbreaks such as hepatits A antibody screening for restaurant employees. Arbovirus screening is provided to support continuing surveillance of mosquito-borne illness.

HIV: HIV EIA screening with Western Blot confirmation of all positives.

Hepatitis: Hepatitis screening for A, B and C are available.

Maternity: For maternity patients, rubella, varicella and measles screening is offered.

Toxins: We also provide screening for Shiga-like toxins in stools and food.

Arbovirus: Our arbovirus panel includes tests for IgM antibodies to: St Louis Encephalitis Virus, LaCrosse Encephalitis Virus, and West Nile Virus.

Technology

Most assays performed are in the MIA, ELISA or ELFA format. Testing is performed using both highly automated instrumentation and research level assays with totally manual procedures.

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