2018-05-17Zeitschriftenartikel
External Quality Assessment for Zika Virus Molecular Diagnostic Testing, Brazil
Fischer, Carlo; Pedroso, Celia; Mendrone, Alfredo; Filippis, Ana Maria Bispo de; Vallinoto, Antonio Carlos Rosário; Ribeiro, Bergmann Morais; Durigon, Edison Luiz; Marques, Ernesto T.A.; Campos, Gubio S.; Viana, Isabelle F.T.; Levi, José Eduardo; Scarpelli, Luciano Cesar; Nogueira, Mauricio Lacerda; Bastos, Michele de Souza; Souza, Nathalia C. Santiago; Khouri, Ricardo; Lira, Sanny M. Costa; Komninakis, Shirley Vasconcelos; Baronti, Cécile; Charrel, Rémi N.; Kümmerer, Beate M.; Drosten, Christian; Niedrig, Matthias; Netto, Eduardo Martins; Drexler, Jan Felix
We conducted an external quality assessment of Zika virus molecular diagnostic tests in Brazil using a new Zika virus standard. Of 15 laboratories, 73% showed limited sensitivity and specificity. Viral load estimates varied ...
