Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Too many false positives for WNV in 2008?

The CDC is reporting that some of the "confirmed" cases of West Nile Virus in 2008 may not be confirmed cases at all.

A batch of diagnositc tests had yielded false positives. The two test lots that were screwing up have been recalled, and the good/bad news is, they don't really treat West Nile, other than trying to alleviate symptoms.

Would be nice to have this all straightened out by this WNV season.

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