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US CDC to expand surveillance of traveler samples for respiratory viruses

submitted by dosvydanya_freedomz to Health 6 monthsNov 6, 2023 19:19:14 ago (+1/-0)     (www.yahoo.com)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-cdc-expand-surveillance-travelers-121331574.html

(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it was expanding testing of samples collected from international air travelers beyond COVID-19, to include flu and respiratory synctial virus (RSV) beginning November.

The agency's traveler-based genomic surveillance program, or TGS, began in 2021 to help with early detection of new SARS-CoV-2 variants. CDC conducts voluntary nasal swabbing and airport wastewater sampling as part of it.

The program includes seven participating international airports across the country - Los Angeles, New York's John F. Kennedy, San Francisco, Boston Logan, Washington Dulles, Seattle and Newark.


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