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US Officials: Work On Tests To Discern Zika From Dengue Could Slow Without Steady Federal Funding

 
• By Sue Darcey

Scientists from US FDA and other health agencies are working to develop and rapidly approve tests that can clearly and quickly detect Zika virus from Dengue fever. But without a steady source of funding for countermeasures, progress to fight Zika may slow, even while the emergence of mosquito-borne diseases accelerates, agency officials said.

US health-care agency officials recently defended their work to control and stop risks from the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases before two House subcommittees. Officials from agencies including FDA, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argued for a steadier source of funding to support development of anti-mosquito-borne-disease diagnostics.

NIAID Director Anthony Fauci testified at the House Appropriations Labor and HHS Subcommittee hearing on May 17 and the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on May 23

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