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CDC Develops a New, Faster Lab Test for Enterovirus D68

Confirmed cases will appear to rise as agency accelerates specimen testing; Changes in case counts due to faster testing will not represent a real-time influx of new cases

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2014.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed and started using a new, faster lab test for detecting enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in specimens from people in the United States with respiratory illness. This test will allow CDC to more rapidly test…

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