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Fourth Global Influenza Seroepidemiology Expert Meeting (CONSISE)

Event
3 Sep 2013 - 4 Sep 2013
Cape Town, South Africa
CONSISE

A two-day workshop of CONSISE (the Consortium for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology) took place back-to-back with the global influenza conference Options for the control of influenza.

​A two-day workshop of CONSISE (the Consortium for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology) took place back-to-back with the global influenza conference Options for the control of influenza. CONSISE is engaged in the development of the seroepidemiology protocols and laboratory standardisation regarding serological methods.

The specific objectives of this meeting were to: 

  • Finalise CONSISE seroepidemiology protocol templates and question bank for field validation
  • Review of laboratory assay comparisons and future work on standardisation of laboratory methods
  • Discuss the role and lessons to be learned from CONSISE involvement in MERS-CoV and influenza A(H7N9)
  • Involve more experts and end users to discussion of CONSISE activities
  • Promote wider use of CONSISE tools and network for influenza and emerging respiratory viruses

This meeting followed the 3rd Global Influenza Seroepidemiology Expert Meeting held in January 2013 in Hong Kong SAR, China.

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