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Key Messages:
- Multiple detections of West Nile Virus (WNV)-positive mosquitoes in Orange County and a much higher-than-usual number of human WNV cases in California to date signal that this WNV season is starting earlier and may be more intense than usual.
- California Department of Health (CDPH) is offering a new WNV diagnostic test with improved sensitivity and specificity for WNV through their Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory (VRDL).
- The new assay requires whole blood, a specimen type not required for WNV testing in the past.
Full Alert: CD HEALTH ALERT: Early and Intense West Nile Virus Activity; New West Nile Virus Diagnostics
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