Among the findings in a 2017 report, the GAO would write: “CDC developed the first two authorized diagnostic tests for the Zika virus and offered these tests to public health laboratories, but not to some manufacturers. Some manufacturers did not have access to the authorized CDC tests and encountered difficulty acquiring authorized tests from other manufacturers. Without a clear and transparent process for distributing CDC diagnostic tests, the agency may not be able to develop the capacity of the commercial sector to be able to meet the needs during an outbreak.”38
