News@WSLH Your Source For News & Events From Wisconsin's Public Health and Environmental Laboratory
Return To WSLH News & Events

CDC Selects WSLH to Perform Antiviral Drug Resistance Testing for Influenza

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be the first state public health laboratory and only second laboratory in the United States to perform antiviral drug resistance testing for influenza.

Until now this testing method has only been available at the CDC. Having the ability to test for antiviral drug resistance is a vital element in Wisconsin’s and the nation’s influenza preparedness.

The announcement about this new program was made by Governor Jim Doyle at the state’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Summit on March 15, 2006 in Madison, Wis.

Here are links to news stories about the summit and the WSLH program:

The Capital Times

Flu central: UW will be at center of research against virus

http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2006/03/15/0603150330.php

Wisconsin State Journal

Wisconsin prepares for flu pandemic
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2006/03/16/0603150559.php

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Flu Institute will serve as research hub, Doyle says State laboratory also picked to test anti-virals' effectiveness

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=408466

###

Posted By: Jessica D. Burda, WSLH Public Affairs

Date: March 20, 2006

Related Stories:

Return To WSLH News & Events