Mapping of the US Domestic Influenza Virologic Surveillance Landscape
Barbara Jester, Joy Schwerzmann, Desiree Mustaquim, Tricia Aden, Lynnette Brammer, Rosemary Humes, Pete Shult, Shahram Shahangian, Larisa Gubareva, Xiyan Xu, Joseph Miller, and Daniel Jernigan
Author affiliations: Battelle–Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B. Jester, J. Schwerzmann); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (D. Mustaquim, T. Aden, L. Brammer, S. Shahangian, L. Gubareva, X. Xu, J. Miller, D. Jernigan); Biomedical and Advanced Research and Development Authority, Washington, DC, USA (R. Humes); University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (P. Shult)
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Figure 3. Number of influenza tests reported by public health laboratories to CDC since 2010. The number of specimens tested varies with the severity of the season. Since 2010, an average of 77,000 specimens has been tested annually. Multiple tests may be performed on a single specimen. Most tests have been PCR.
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