SARS Molecular Detection External Quality Assurance

Inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus samples were used for an external quality assurance study within the World Health Organization SARS Reference and Verification Network and other reference institutions. Of 58 participants, 51 correctly detected virus in all samples...

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Autores principales: Drosten, Christian, Doerr, Hans Wilhelm, Lim, Wilina, Stöhr, Klaus, Niedrig, Matthias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15663861
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1012.040416
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Sumario:Inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus samples were used for an external quality assurance study within the World Health Organization SARS Reference and Verification Network and other reference institutions. Of 58 participants, 51 correctly detected virus in all samples >9,400 RNA copies per milliliter and none in negative samples. Commercial test kits significantly improved the outcome.

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