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New CDC Zika Testing Guidance
Based on the current global epidemiology of Zika and dengue viruses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that state health departments and laboratories review and update their Zika virus testing practices. Routine serological testing for Zika virus is no longer recommended. Further details and changes that will affect the testing practices that we at the Alabama Department of Public Health recommend and provide are detailed below.
Provider Information and Guidance
- Update: New Zika and Dengue Testing Guidance
- Dengue and Zika virus diagnostic testing for patients with a clinically compatible illness and risk for infection with both viruses, June 14, 2019, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Interim Guidance for Healthcare Providers Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus Exposure-United States, July 2017
- Medscape: Diagnosis and Management of West Nile Virus Infection
Consultation and Testing ***New Process***
- Providers must complete the online consultation form to request approval for Zika virus testing through our public health laboratory. You will receive an immediate testing decision based on your responses and CDC's Zika testing guidance. Any provider with a scenario that has not been specifically addressed or with additional questions or concerns may call the Infectious Diseases & Outbreaks Division at 1-800-338-8374 for consultation and assistance. The form can be accessed online.
- ADPH BCL Requisition Form for Laboratory Testing (Fillable PDF)
- Form 50.34: CDC Specimen Submission Form: Specimens of Human Origin (Try using another browser, such as Internet Explorer, if Form 50.34 will not load.)
Information for Providers with Pregnant Women
- CDC Vital Signs: Protecting Pregnant Women and Babies
- MMWR: Zika Virus-Associate Birth Defects
- Clinical Guidance for Healthcare Providers Caring for Pregnant Women (CDC)
- List of Zika Pregnancy Outcomes-Brain Abnormalities and Other Adverse Outcomes
- MMWR publication: Description of 13 Infants Born During October 2015 - January 2016 With Congenital Zika Virus Infection Without Microencephaly at Birth - Brazil
For questions or concerns regarding insect-borne disease in Alabama, see Contact Us, or email us at [email protected]
Page last updated: October 31, 2023