Interim Guidance for Laboratory Testing for Detection and Characterization of Pandemic H1N1 (2009) Virus

The Pandemic Influenza Laboratory Preparedness Network (PILPN) of the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network (CPHLN) has developed this document as a comprehensive Interim Best Practice Guidelines for detection and characterization of pH1N1. To ensure a consistent approach across the country, this document highlights Best Practices for specimen collection, transportation, testing and biosafety from the perspective of Canadian public health laboratories.

 Interim Guidance for Laboratory Testing for Detection and Characterization of Pandemic H1N1 (2009) Virus (PDF Version - 363 KB, 20 pages)

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