Test Code Mumps PCR Mumps PCR

Specimen Requirement

Buccal swab (preferred)

Throat swab

Nasopharyngeal swab or aspirate

Submit swab in viral (universal) transport medium

Urine in sterile container

1 swab in viral (universal) transport medium

5 ml urine

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 3 days; Frozen: >3

M-F

Negative

North Dakota Public Health Laboratory

Nucleic Acid Test

87798