External Quality Assessment (EQA) for Molecular Diagnostics of Zika Virus: Experiences from an International EQA Programme, 2016–2018

Autor: Oliver Donoso Mantke, Elaine McCulloch, Paul S. Wallace, Constanze Yue, Sally A. Baylis, Matthias Niedrig

Publikováno v: Viruses, Vol 10, Iss 9, p 491 (2018)

Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics (QCMD), an international provider for External Quality Assessment (EQA) programmes, has introduced a programme for molecular diagnostics of Zika virus (ZIKV) in 2016, which has been continuously offered to in

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International external quality assessment for SARS-CoV-2 molecular detection and survey on clinical laboratory preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic, April/May 2020

Autor: Daniela Niemeyer, Victor M. Corman, Christine Lammens, Elaine McCulloch, Herman Goossens, Oliver Donoso Mantke, Hubert G. M. Niesters, Paul E. Klapper, P. Wallace, Christian Drosten, Margareta Ieven, Veerle Matheeussen

Publikováno v: Eurosurveillance : European communicable disease bulletin
Eurosurveillance
Matheeussen, V, Corman, V M, Donoso Mantke, O, Mcculloch, E, Lammens, C, Goossens, H, Niemeyer, D, Wallace, P S, Klapper, P, Niesters, H G, Drosten, C & Ieven, M 2020, ' International external quality assessment for SARS-CoV-2 molecular detection and survey on clinical laboratory preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic, April/May 2020 ', Eurosurveillance, vol. 25, no. 27, pp. 2-6 . https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.27.2001223
Eurosurveillance, 25(27):2001223, 2-6. EUR CENTRE DIS PREVENTION & CONTROL

Laboratory preparedness with quality-assured diagnostic assays is essential for controlling the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. We conducted an external quality assessment study with inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coro

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https://hdl.handle.net/11370/2ba5c799-bc9f-4369-b825-4985833caf38

Standardization of Nucleic Acid Tests: the Approach of the World Health Organization

Autor: C. M. Nübling, Elaine McCulloch, Hubert G. M. Niesters, Sally A. Baylis, P. Wallace

Publikováno v: Journal of clinical microbiology. 57(1)

The first World Health Organization (WHO) international standards (ISs) for nucleic acid amplification techniques were established two decades ago, with the initial focus on blood screening for three major viral targets, i.e., hepatitis C virus, hepa

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30257900

Practical experience of dissolved gas in transformer oil for the detection of incipient faults

Autor: Richard Heywood, Richard Josebury, John Lapworth, Elaine McCulloch, Hongzhi Ding, Andrew Roxborough

Publikováno v: 2017 IEEE 19th International Conference on Dielectric Liquids (ICDL).

Although the association between dissolved gas analysis (DGA) in transformer oil and incipient faults is well established, interpretations for this association are not. There are different approaches to the interpretation of DGA results, some standar

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https://doi.org/10.1109/icdl.2017.8124735

Improved early diagnosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by real-time PCR to prevent chronic colonisation in a paediatric cystic fibrosis population

Autor: Gordon Ramage, C. Lucas, Elaine McCulloch, Craig Williams

Publikováno v: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 10:21-24

Early detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in children with cystic fibrosis is hampered by the need to process a sub-optimal specimen type, namely cough swabs, which are known to have a lower positive yield than sputa or more invasive samples. This de

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2010.09.001