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[TEST] ddPCR or Digital Droplet PCR to confirm ciHHV-6 status [Comments] This test is an extremely accurate and sensitive third generation PCR test. Patients should request this test only if they have previously tested positive on a quantitative PCR DNA test for HHV-6 on plasma or serum.
This ddPCR test is done on whole blood and was introduced in 2013 by University of Washington specifically to identify ciHHV-6. Currently it cannot identify active infection, although this may change at some point in the future.
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Can it differentiate active from latent infection?