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Influenza Detection At Post Mortem
The Health Protection Agency is understandably keen to ensure accurate identification of any death where influenza virus may have played a part.
The Health Protection Agency is understandably keen to ensure accurate identification of any death where influenza virus may have played a part.
To that end, pathologists are encouraged to take appropriate swab samples for virology (normally nasopharyngeal and bronchial) at postmortem whenever influenza might be a contributory factor, unless the diagnosis has been confirmed or excluded before death.
See the guidelines on the College website here