Press Announcements > FDA provides new tools for the development and proper evaluation of tests for detecting Zika virus infection

Press Announcements > FDA provides new tools for the development and proper evaluation of tests for detecting Zika virus infection

FDA provides new tools for the development and proper evaluation of tests for detecting Zika virus infection

08/17/2017 03:52 PM EDT

As an additional measure in the fight against Zika virus, today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has made available a panel of human plasma samples to aid in the regulatory evaluation of serological tests to detect recent Zika virus infection.