CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
June 2016—The Zika virus testing challenges facing laboratories are many, including the virus’ low and short-term viremia and its resemblance to other flaviviruses, especially dengue and chikungunya. “These viruses present extremely similarly, and it’s very difficult to tell them apart based on clinical characteristics alone,” said Benjamin Pinsky, MD, PhD, who presented the details of diagnostic tests for Zika in an Association for Molecular Pathology webinar in April.
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