Polio Specimen Collection, Storage, and Shipment

CDC’s Infectious Disease Laboratories provide guidance for polio specimen collection, storage, and shipment. Specimen and shipment details per test, as well as points of contact, can be found in the appropriate link below.

Important for U.S. patient samples: before sending specimens to CDC, please contact your state or local health department

Stool testing for polio diagnostics:

• Polio isolation and genotyping (Test CDC-10376)
• Polio “special study” (Test CDC-10378)

Stool testing for polio clinical trials:

• Polio cell culture isolation for clinical trials (Test CDC-10548)
• Polio direct detection and titration (CCID50 assay; Test CDC-10549)

Polio serology (for either surveillance or clinical trials):

• Polio serology (Test CDC-10377)