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cord-002247-e0z5ypii	Squires, Raynal C	Preparedness for Zika virus testing in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region	2016-03-31		.txt	text/plain	1568	78	40	On 1 February 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders occurring in Zika virus (ZIKV)-affected areas constituted a public health emergency of international concern. The WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific therefore initiated a rapid survey among national-level public health laboratories in 19 countries and areas to determine regional capacity for ZIKV detection. A total of 28 surveys to national-level laboratories likely to be tasked with ZIKV testing were distributed to 19 countries in the Region (omitting resource-limited countries with Zika virus testing preparedness in the Western Pacific Region Squires & Konings reporting having this capacity. While this survey reveals a broad availability of molecular diagnostics to support surveillance of ZIKV in the Western Pacific Region, further key roles remain for laboratories in helping to unravel the pathogenicity of the virus and its potential causal role in the observed cases of microcephaly and other neurological disorders.	./cache/cord-002247-e0z5ypii.txt	./txt/cord-002247-e0z5ypii.txt