How well do viruses survive during transport?

Commun Dis Public Health

Public Health Laboratory, County Hospital Hereford.

Published: June 1998

Centralisation of viral diagnostic services offers the potential for cost saving in laboratories, but incurs costs for transporting specimens. In a trial of 326 paired specimens, isolation rates of viruses sent by overnight post and a more expensive same-day courier service were similar.

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