Browsing by Subject "laboratory surveillance"

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2018-07-12Zeitschriftenartikel

Need for additional capacity and improved capability for molecular detection of yellow fever virus in European Expert Laboratories: External Quality Assessment, March 2018

Domingo, Cristina; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Koopmans, Marion; Nitsche, Andreas; Leitmeyer, Katrin; Charrel, Rémi N.; Reusken, Chantal B.

An external quality assessment of yellow fever virus (YFV) molecular detection in European laboratories was organised in rapid response to an increase in human cases in Brazil in 2018 with risk of import to Europe. Detection ...
2018-08-16Zeitschriftenartikel

Retrospective validation of whole genome sequencing-enhanced surveillance of listeriosis in Europe, 2010 to 2015

Van Walle, Ivo; Torgny Björkman, Jonas; Cormican, Martin; Dallman, Timothy; Mossong, Joël; Moura, Alexandra; Pietzka, Ariane; Ruppitsch, Werner; Takkinen, Johanna; European Listeria WGS typing group

Background and aim: The trend in reported case counts of invasive Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), a potentially severe food-borne disease, has been increasing since 2008. In 2015, 2,224 cases were reported in the European ...