Integrating Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories for Emergency Use Testing during Pandemics1

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hodges, Natasha F. ; Sparrer, McKenzie ; Sherman, Tyler ; Mayer, Treana ; Adney, Danielle R. ; Ragan, Izabela ; Carpenter, Molly ; Mayo, Christie ; Webb, Tracy L.
• Description:
  The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic showed limitations in human outbreak testing. Veterinary diagnostic laboratories (VDLs) possess capabilities to bolster emergency test capacity. Surveys from 26 participating VDLs found human SARS-CoV-2 testing was mutually beneficial, including One Health benefits. VDLs indicated testing >3.8 million human samples during the pandemic, which included some challenges.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Testing Disease Outbreaks Humans Laboratories One Health Pandemics SARS-CoV-2
• Keywords:
  Bioterrorism And Preparedness Coronaviruses COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Emergency Use Testing Pandemics Respiratory Infections Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories Veterinary Diagnostic Services Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(2):386-388
• Pubmed ID:
  38270183
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10826766
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b84b91db0e6b7e8ef4fdab556f7de7dc200b8fd4e90811f493c78e22ff280235
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/147345/cdc_147345_DS1.pdf
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