Viral Tumor Markers

In diagnostic virology, isolation of viruses by culturing infectious material and serological immunoassays have usually met the clinical needs for: 1. accurate identification of the infectious agent, 2. definition of the state of the disease (acute, convalescence, recovery), 3. information on the infectiousness of patients, 4. monitoring the immune status of patients, 5. estimation of the prognosis (KINGSBURY and FALKOW 1985).