External quality assessment for molecular detection, subtyping and characterisation of potentially zoonotic type A influenza viruses, 2024
This report presents the results of the EEIQAP 2024 for molecular detection, subtyping and characterisation of potentially zoonotic type A influenza viruses carried out by national influenza reference laboratories in the EU/EEA and Western Balkan countries and Türkiye, funded by ECDC and designed and prepared by the contractor RIVM in collaboration with ECDC.
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Avian influenza
Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease mainly found in birds, but under certain circumstances infections can also occur in humans even though the risk is generally very low.