CDC (Centers for Disease Control) warns on anthrax test limitations
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned public health officials last week to understand the limitations of rapid environmental tests to detect the presence of anthrax. Rapid-assay devices that can provide results within minutes are used for onsite detection of environmental contamination. Although environmental sampling is an important tool for assessing risk for exposure, a microbiology culture is the confirmatory test, the CDC said.