Comparison of a new latex agglutination assay with indirect immunofluorescence to detect varicella-zoster antibodies.

A comparison of a latex agglutination assay with an immunofluorescence assay for the detection of varicella-zoster virus antibodies is described. The two tests were completely concordant in their results; therefore the latex agglutination test may be valuable for laboratories that require rapid turnaround time or have limited personnel and equipment.