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Collecting, preparing, and shipping serum specimens to CDC for serology testing
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    10/25/16

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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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    NOTE: Do not send any shipments of specimens or samples without coordination and authorization from both your state health department and CDC. Please contact CDC Emergency Operations Center at 1-770-488-7100 to coordinate serology testing and for specific shipping instructions. Serology testing is only conducted on paired serum samples, which include both an acute and a convalescent-phase specimen. serology-collection-shipping-final-jul2016-508.pdf
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