Test Overview
Test Methodology

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Test Usage

Monitoring of viral load to track the course of infection and response to treatment.

Test Details
Days Set Up
Monday - Saturday
Analytic Time

1 day

Soft Order Code
VJCVC
MiChart Code
JCV DNA qPCR, CSF
Synonyms
  • VJCV
  • JCV DNA qPCR
Laboratory
Sendout
Reference Laboratory
Viracor Eurofins 3503
Section
Special Testing
Specimen Requirements
Collection

CSF: Send specimen frozen in a sterile tube (2 mL).
The following specimen type is also acceptable:
Order as an SO: Urine (random) (2 mL in screw-capped tube, room temperature).

Alternate Specimen
Acceptable specimen types (1/23/12): CSF. (plasma, serum, urine are acceptable, but must be ordered as a SO).
Normal Volume
2 mL CSF
Minimum Volume
2 mL CSF
Additional Information

JCV virus establishes latency in the kidney and virus is shed sporadically through life and more frequently during pregnancy or immunosuppression. JC virus causes progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), which is a subacute demyelinating disease of the CNS and is seen mainly in advanced disseminated malignant conditions, immunodeficiency syndromes, and in immunosrppressed patients following organ transplantation. The disease PML represents a reactivation of longstanding persistent infection of the kidney and perhaps also of the brain. JC virus has also been associated with hemorrhagic cystitis, ureteral stenosis and allograft dysfunction. Test sent to Viracor Eurofins.

Billing
CPT Code
87799
Fee Code
36126