External quality assessment for Zika virus molecular diagnostic testing, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 888-892

  Fischer, Carlo ^a   Pedroso, Celia ^b   Mendrone, Alfredo ^c   de Filippis, Ana Maria Bispo ^d   Vallinoto, Antonio Carlos Rosário ^e   Morais Ribeiro, Bergmann ^f   Durigon, Edison Luiz ^g   Marques, Ernesto T A ^d   Campos, Gubio S ^b   Viana, Isabelle F T ^d   Levi, José Eduardo ^c,g,h,i   Scarpelli, Luciano Cesar ^h   Nogueira, Mauricio Lacerda ^j   de Souza Bastos, Michele ^k   Souza, Nathalia C Santiago ^g   Khouri, Ricardo ^d   Lira, Sanny M Costa ⁱ   Komninakis, Shirley Vasconcelos ^l   Baronti, Cécile ^m,n   Charrel, Rémi N ^m,n   Kümmerer, Beate M ^o   Drosten, Christian ^a   Brites, Carlos ^b   de Lamballerie, Xavier ^m,n   Niedrig, Matthias ^p   Netto, Eduardo Martins ^b   Drexler, Jan Felix ^a   more..

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h DASA   (Brazil)

ⁱ HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^j FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^k Fundacao de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado   (Brazil)

^l FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^m AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁿ ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^p ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; STANDARDS;

BRAZIL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 85045668047     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2405.171747     Document Type: Article

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