Mammal: Fresh or frozen brain (preferable brainstem or medulla), spinal cord, or cerebral spinal fluid; shipped chilled overnight.

Avian: Fresh or frozen brain, liver, heart, kidney, spleen, or bone marrow, oropharyngeal or cloacal swab, or whole blood; shipped chilled overnight.

Mosquitoes - whole body in pools up to 25.
Mosquito species: Culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus.

Dry mosquito samples must be shipped with dry ice for overnight delivery. Ice packs can be used if samples are shipped within 24 hours of collection for overnight delivery.

Mosquito samples in RNAlater can be shipped with ice packs or at room temperature.

Tests run Monday and Thursday.