Zika Virus: Collection and Submission of Specimens for Zika Virus Testing at Time of Birth: General Information [08/15/2017]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Laboratory testing for congenital Zika virus infection is recommended for infants born to mothers with laboratory evidence of Zika virus infection during pregnancy, and for infants who have abnormal clinical findings suggestive of congenital Zika virus syndrome and a maternal epidemiologic link suggesting possible transmission, regardless of maternal Zika virus test results.
  
  IMPORTANT: Pre-approval is required prior to submission of any placental or other tissue specimens. For pre-approval please contact pathology@cdc.gov and eocevent189@cdc.gov
  
  CS272925-A
  
  collection-submission-specimens-zika-testing-at-birth.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Blood Specimen Collection Cordocentesis Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications Specimen Handling Zika Virus Infection/diagnosis
• Series:
  CDC's Response to Zika
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a576ce3c917eeef1b0f51444b39d6e4268e27c1c9cdc12602ce0e2a4f75a6c6ba5ab8af654bcda05520e23f9f8c5001a774d1701ecfdf5faa2ed86300440e29c
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