Follow-up on diagnostic proficiency of laboratories equipped to perform orthopoxvirus detection and quantification by PCR: The Second International External Quality Assurance Study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1283-1287

  Niedrig, Matthias ^a   Meyer, Hermann ^b   Panning, Marcus ^c   Drosten, Christian ^c  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COWPOX VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EUROPE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TITRATION;

DNA, VIRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

COWPOX VIRUS; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 33645907192     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1283-1287.2006     Document Type: Article

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