{"id":9974,"date":"2025-03-01T14:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/viromainpage\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:42:12","slug":"viromainpage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/lab\/viromainpage\/","title":{"rendered":"lab\/viromainpage ~  Virology Main Page  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/lab\/viromainpage.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Molecular Virology<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n\n \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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All testing reported to submitters is compliant under federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/medicare\/quality\/clinical-laboratory-improvement-amendments\"><b>regulations<\/b><\/a>.\n\n\n\nTesting includes pathogen identification by real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction\n\n\n\n(rRT-PCR) for pathogen nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), antibody testing (IgM serology) for arboviruses, ricin toxin detection, rabies direct fluorescent antibody testing, and anti-viral resistance\n\n\n\nsequencing for influenza. Clinical diagnostic specimens are submitted from\n\n\n\nhospitals, Community Health Centers, State Service Centers, schools and\n\n\n\ncorrectional facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molecular Virology testing technology enables rapid turnaround for high urgency organisms. High urgency testing can range from biothreat agents to outbreaks to rabies. The\n\n\n\nMolecular Virology Laboratory oversees the PCR testing for CDC&#8217;s\n\n\n\n&#8220;Laboratory Response Network&#8221;, the United States program for\n\n\n\npreparedness testing and emerging infectious diseases. As such, the Delaware\n\n\n\nPublic Health Laboratory is the only laboratory in the state that can test for\n\n\n\nEbola virus. Testing for Ebola or potential biothreat agents runs\n\n\n\nround-the-clock for those that meet the case definition. Additionally, with the resurgence of\n\n\n\nvaccine preventable diseases, the Molecular Virology Lab has experienced rapid testing in response to large outbreaks of\u00a0<em>Bordetella\n\n\n\npertussis<\/em>\u00a0(whooping cough), measles and mumps viruses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n\n\n\nMolecular Virology section continues to expand testing capabilities to perform\n\n\n\ncomplex laboratory testing for the SARS-CoV-2 Virus, influenza and other\n\n\n\nrespiratory viruses. Details on these capabilities can be referred below. 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