External quality control assessment in PCR diagnostics of dengue virus infections

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-296

  Lemmer, Karin ^a   Mantke, Oliver Donoso ^a   Bae, Hi Gung ^a   Groen, Jan ^a,b   Drosten, Christian ^c   Niedrig, Matthias ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

DEN 1 to DEN 4; dengue fever; dengue hemorrhagic fever; dengue shock syndrome; dengue virus types 1 4; DF; DHF; DSS; ENIVD; EQA; European network for the diagnostics of 'imported' viral diseases; external quality assurance; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FREEZE DRYING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TYPING;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERO CELLS;

EID: 2442532524     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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