UTMB researchers worked with New York State Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center to develop a faster, more accurate detection test for Zika. “The new diagnostic test was designed to more accurately detect Zika for a longer period of time after infection and reduce false positives due to cross reactivity with other flaviviruses,” said UTMB’s Pei Yong Shi. This news also reported in Public. and Targeted News Service.