Pseudonyms
Coronavirus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, MERS-CoV, MERS
Collection Requirements
Nasopharyngeal swab, Nasopharyngeal aspirate, Nasal swab, Throat swab, Sputum, Tracheal aspirate, Bronchial washing, BAL
Tube Colour
Copan Eswab liquid Amies | Copan Eswab VTM | Yellow Top Universal Container
Requires own tube?
No
Department
MicrobiologyAvailability
On request
Reference Laboratory
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), 792 Elizabeth Street Melbourne , 3000.
Notes
RISK GROUP 3 ORGANISM - Alert Microbiology
Test code: MERS
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