September 2025—Quest Diagnostics has launched a diagnostic laboratory test for the Oropouche virus, an emerging virus in the Americas that is spread to people by infected biting midges and some species of mosquitoes. The viral disease presents clinically with symptoms that overlap with those of other arboviral diseases such as Dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. Quest’s laboratory in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., will perform the test using PCR technology, with serology testing to follow later this quarter.
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