SPECIMEN: NP swab or Throat swab (Throat swab preferred), Urine CONTAINER: UTM or VTM transport vial for swabs and sterile screw cap container for Urine specimens. COLLECTION: Contact Orange County Public Health Communicable Disease Control Division at (714) 834-8180 for testing approval prior to submission. Collect specimens during rash stage of disease, swab specimens must be in UTM or VTM. Urine specimens in sterile screw cap container. See virology specimen collection guide for details. TRANSPORT CONDITIONS: Transport to laboratory at 2-8°C as soon as possible. | 
