Houston Hospitals Begin In-House Zika Testing Using Lab-Developed Assay

Feb 25, 2016

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Laboratory scientists at Houston Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital have begun using a lab-developed test for the Zika virus that they claim is the first hospital-based rapid assay for the virus in the US.

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