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Part Descriptions

LP14853-3   Varicella zoster virus
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a double-stranded alphaherpesvirus that causes seasonal outbreaks of chickenpox and shingles in non-immunized populations. VZV is highly infectious and is transmitted by contact with the ruptured fluid filled blisters and respiratory secretions of infected individuals. Immunity post infection is usually lifelong though the latent virus inhabits the sensory nerve ganglia where it can reactivate causing shingles when immunity declines with aging.[http://jvi.asm.org/content/88/24/13936.full] In the over fifty strains of VZV that have been sequenced it has been found that a single nucleotide polymorphism occurs about every 100 bases. The patterns of polymorphisms in VZV correlate with different geographical regions of infection and is the basis for the classification of viral clades.[https://grose.lab.uiowa.edu/vzv-genomes-and-evolution] Breuer proposed the nomenclature for the VZV clades as 1-5 with the suspected clades VI and VII to be confirmed later. The geographical regions associated with the seven clades are as follows:
Clades 1 and 3-represent the dominant clades of the circulating VZV in Europe and the Americas
Clades 4 and 5-found in Africa
Clade VI found in France, Italy
Clade VII exclusively isolated in the US
Clade 2-Asia from Korea, Japan, China not found in India, Nepal and Bangladesh where clades 4 and 5 were dominant
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5054591/ Source: Regenstrief LOINC

LP6429-7   Organism specific culture
An organism-specific culture contains nutrients that optimize the growth of a specific organism and inhibitors that prevent the growth of competing organisms. Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Varicella zoster virus
Property
PrThr
Time
Pt
System
Respiratory system specimen.lower
Scale
Ord
Method
Organism specific culture

Additional Names

Long Common Name
Varicella zoster virus [Presence] in Lower respiratory specimen by Organism specific culture
Short Name
VZV Lower resp Ql Cult
Display Name
VZV Org specific cx Ql (Lower resp)
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Varicella zoster virus (VZV; Chickenpox) culture, Lower respiratory

Example Answer List: LL744-4

Source: Regenstrief Institute
Answer Code Score Answer ID
Detected LA11882-0
Not detected LA11883-8

Basic Attributes

Class
MICRO
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.66
Last Updated
Version 2.77 (MAJ)
Change Reason
Release 2.77: SYSTEM: Updated to standardize the representation of "Respiratory system specimen" in the System subhierarchy across LOINC;
Order vs. Observation
Both

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC Group Group Name
LG32750-8 Varicella zoster virus

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
el-GR Greek (Greece) Ιός της ανεμοβλογιάς-έρπητα ζωστήρα:PrThr:Pt:Δείγμα αναπνευστικού συστήματος.κατώτερο:Ord:Ειδική καλλιέργεια οργανισμού
Synonyms: PrThr Ιός Ιός της ανεμοβλογιάς-έρπητα ζωστήρα
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Virus de la varicela zoster:Presencia o umbral:Punto temporal:Muestra de vías respiratorias inferiores:Ordinal:Cultivo específico del organismo
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Virus Varicella zoster:PrThr:Punto temporal:Muestra de vías respiratorias inferiores:Ord:Cultivos especíificos
Synonyms: Muestra del tracto respiratorio Muestra respiratoria Tracto respiratorio
fr-FR French (France) Varicelle zona virus:Présence/Seuil:Ponctuel:Échantillon du système respiratoire inférieur:Qualitatif:Culture spécifique
it-IT Italian (Italy) Varicella zoster, virus:PrThr:Pt:Campione da Sistema Respiratorio.inferiore:Ord:Organismo, coltura specifica
Synonyms: Campione da Apparato Respiratorio Campione da apparato respiratorio inferiore Coltura specifica di un organismo Microbiologia Presenza o Soglia Punto nel tempo (episodio) Virus della varicella zoster
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) varicella-zostervirus:aanwezigheid:moment:onderste luchtwegen:ordinaal:organisme-specifieke kweek
Synonyms: onderste ademhalingsstelsel; systema respiratorium inferior systema respiratorium; ademhalingsstelsel Varicella zoster virus
zh-CN Chinese (China) 水痘带状疱疹病毒:存在情况或阈值:时间点:呼吸系统标本.下:序数型:微生物特异性培养
Synonyms: HHV-3;VZ;VZV;人类疱疹病毒 3 型;人类疱疹病毒 III 型;带状疱疹;水痘;水痘带状疱疹;水痘病毒;Varicella zoster virus;水痘-带状疱疹病毒 下 下的 下部 传染毒;传染毒素;滤过性病原体;病毒类;过滤性病原体 低级 低级的 供检查用的材料;待检物;待试验物;样品;样本;试料;试样 依次型;分类顺序型;定性的;序数型（或称等级型）;性质上的;有序型;有序性分类应答;有序性分类结果;秩次型;等级型;筛查;顺序型 受检物 呼吸系统（呼吸道）标本.下;下呼吸系统标本;下呼吸道标本 呼吸道标本（样品、样本）;呼吸系统标本（样品、样本） 培养方法 存在情况;存在;存在与否;是否存在;阈值;界值;界限;阀值;临界值;存在情况（存在、存在与否、是否存在）或阈值（界值、界限、阀值、临界值） 微生物学;微生物学试验;微生物学试验（培养、DNA、抗原及抗体） 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 样品 样本 特异 特异性的 特异的 生物特异性培养 试样 较低 较低的

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