DETECTION OF INFECTIOUS-DISEASE AGENTS IN TISSUE BY IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY

1. Immunocytochemical procedures have played an increasingly larger ro le in the identification of infectious disease agents in tissue sectio ns owing to the increased availability and specificity of antibody rea gents, the great sensitivity of the methods, and the relative facility with which the studies are performed. 2. Immunocytochemical methods c an be applied to routine formalin-fixed tissue for the detection of in fectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa among o ther microorganisms for diagnostic and research purposes.