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Zika Virus:

Look Ahead to CDC and Commercial-Lab Zika Testing

Published on Tue Jul 12, 2016

Understand protocols and coding pitfalls. Travel-related Zika virus infections have cropped up in all but four states, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics, but there are no confirmed cases of locally-acquired mosquito-born Zika in the U.S. — yet. Because an infected individual can spread the disease through a mosquito vector or through sexual transmission, [...]
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