DECEMBER 27, 2016

False Positives Seen With ZIKV Detect Test

By IDSE News Staff

The FDA is alerting physicians who care for pregnant women meeting CDC Zika virus clinical criteria and/or CDC Zika virus epidemiological criteria, that the U.S. commercial testing facility Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp), has reported some false-positive results from the ZIKV Detect test.

Consequently, physicians and patients should wait for confirmatory tests before making management recommendations or decisions. However, confirmatory testing may take a week to a