āTest āāāāāMāāāeāthāoāāāādāāāologāyā
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āāNext Generation Sequencingā
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āReflex Testing
Criteria
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āCyclospora specimens are routed to MDL for genotyping using Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing (TADS) method for public health surveillance and epidemiologic investigations only. Sequence data is uploaded to CDC for analysis. No reports are released by MDL.
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āPre-Aāpproval Requiredāā
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āYes.ā Please contact MDL at MDL.Submissioāns@CDPHā.ca.gov ā
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āSuppālemental Information and Required Form(s)ā
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āāTest Request Form for Cyclospora Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing (TADS). The submission form will be shared once shipment is approved.āā
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āRequirāed Specimen Type(s)ā
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āāāStool specimen submitted either in a Cary Blair or at least 3 aliquots in 2 mL sterile microcentrifuge tubes. Please secure top of container/ tubes with parafilm to avoid leakage during transport.
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āMinimum Volume Required
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If submitted in microcentrifuge tube, 2 mL.
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āSpecimen Stabilityā
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āāRefrigerated (2 ā 8Ā°C): up to 15 days
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āāRejection Criteriaā
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- āāāSpecimens collected in
Formalin will be rejected.
- āLeaking samples.
- Specimen other than stool such as fecal broth.
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Storage/Transportā
Conditionāā
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- āāRefrigerated: 2 ā 8Ā°C
- āāāFrozen: -20Ā°C or other (please indicate on Test Request Form)
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āTransport Medium,ā
if applicableā
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āCary-Blair modified media or VTM (Viral Transport Media)āā
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āāSpeācimen Labelingā
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āāContaining patient identifiers: name, DOB, and collection date
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āShipping Instructions and Specimen Handling Requirementsā
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āāāāāSpecimen(s) should be shipped according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regulations for biological specimens.āā
Ship to: California Departāment of Public Healthā
Microbial Diseases Laboratory ā
ATTN: āāMolecular Characterization Unitāā
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Specimen Receiving Room B106
Richmond, CA 94804
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āSpecāāimen Collection Instructions, if applicable
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āNot Applicable
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āTurnaround Time
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āāNot Applicableā
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āāInterferences & Limitationsā
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Noneā |
āReference Rangeā
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āāNot Applicableāāāā |
āAdditional Informationā
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āNone
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āāMDL Point of Contactā
| āMDL - Molecular Characterization Unit
Phone: (510) 412-3940, MāF PST.ā
Email MDL.Submissions@CDPH.ca.gov
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