Tweaking the Lab Algorithm to Improve the Zika Case Definition

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017: 1:00 PM
Pines, Boise Centre
Kristy Bradley , Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, OK
Marc Fischer , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO
Carina Blackmore , Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL

Key Objectives:

  • Discuss the need to develop a Zika laboratory criteria algorithm
  • Determine how to classify suspect Zika cases that are termed flavivirus, unspecified through laboratory diagnostics
  • Discuss the potential to update Zika surveillance case definitions in 2018

Brief Summary:
 The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the need to develop a laboratory criteria algorithm to better classify Zika cases. The goal of this discussion is to inform potential revisions of the Zika surveillance case definitions in 2018.

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