What is the difference between the Influenza A H1N1 (2009) Real Time RT-PCR and the prior Focus Diagnostics test for testing for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus?
When the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus was first identified, some initially referred to it as the “swine flu”. When Focus Diagnostics launched the testing service in May, the testing service name referred to the swine flu. In light of changing naming conventions for the pandemic virus and the FDA’s guidelines, Quest Diagnostics and Focus Diagnostics now refer to the virus as the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus and to the test as the “Influenza A H1N1 (2009) Real Time RT-PCR.
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