DPH BCD Memo 2023-01: Influenza Testing and Variant Influenza A Virus Detection

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Bureau of Communicable Diseases Information Update

Influenza Testing and Variant Influenza A Virus Detection

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has issued DPH Numbered Memo BCD 2023-01This memo provides information about influenza testing and variant influenza A virus detection in patients with acute respiratory illnesses who report direct exposure to swine, indirect exposure to swine, or close contact with an ill person who had recent swine exposure or is known to be infected with a variant virus.

Please distribute this memo widely. 

All of our memos can be found on the DPH Communicable Diseases Memos webpage