International External Quality Assessment Study for Molecular Detection of Lassa Virus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Nikisins, Sergejs ^a,b   Rieger, Toni ^c   Patel, Pranav ^a   Müller, Rolf ^d   Günther, Stephan ^c   Niedrig, Matthias ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d Biomatrica ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; AFRICA; EUROPE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; NORTH AMERICA; STANDARDS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EUROPE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LASSA VIRUS; NORTH AMERICA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84930625293     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003793     Document Type: Article

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