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Ninth external quality assessment scheme for typing of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
This report presents the results of the ninth round of the external quality assessment (EQA-9) scheme for typing of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
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External quality assessment (EQA) of performance of laboratories participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net), 2019
This report provides an analysis of the external quality assessment (EQA) for the antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) performance of laboratories participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) in 2019. A total of 952 laboratories (1–95 per country) from 30 EU/EEA countries participated in the EQA exercise.
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2018 – Levels of public health microbiology system capabilities and capacities (aggregated EULabCap index)
17/12/2019
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European external quality assessment programme for influenza virus 2018
Influenza epidemics occur every winter with high impact on disease burden, hospitalisations and excess mortality in countries in the WHO European Region. To understand the characteristics of circulating influenza viruses during seasonal epidemics, virological influenza surveillance is performed and detected viruses are further characterised at national influenza centres (NICs) that are part of the wider network of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). External quality assessments (EQAs) are important instruments in assessing the quality of the generated data that are reported nationally and internationally through The European Surveillance System (TESSy).
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2016 - Levels of public health microbiology system capabilities and capacities (aggregated EULabCap index)
18/12/2017
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External quality assessment scheme for influenza antiviral susceptibility for the European Reference Laboratory Network for Human Influenza – 2015
In June and July 2015, an influenza virus antiviral susceptibility external quality assessment was held for European reference laboratories. This report presents the results of the third antiviral EQA panel distributed by the European Reference Laboratory Network for Human Influenza since the European Influenza Surveillance Network was established in 2008.
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External quality assessment scheme for detection, isolation and characterisation of influenza viruses for the European Reference Laboratory Network for Human Influenza – 2015
In June and July 2015, an influenza virus antiviral susceptibility external quality assessment was held for European reference laboratories. This report presents the result of the third antiviral EQA panel distributed by the European Reference Laboratory Network for Human Influenza since the European Influenza Surveillance Network was established in 2008.
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The diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for Lyme borreliosis in Europe: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Leeflang, M.M.G., Ang, C.W., Berkhout, J., Bijlmer, H.A., Van Bortel, W., Brandenburg, A.H., Van Burgel, N.D., Van Dam, A.P., Dessau, R.B., Fingerle, V., Hovius, J.W.R., Jaulhac, B., Meijer, B., Van Pelt, W., Schellekens, J.F.P., Spijker, R., Stelma, F.F., Stanek, G., Verduyn-Lunel, F., Zeller, H., Sprong, H.
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External quality assessment studies for laboratory performance of molecular and serological diagnosis of Chikungunya virus infection
Jacobsen, S., Patel, P., Schmidt-Chanasit, J., Leparc-Goffart, I., Teichmann, A., Zeller, H., Niedrig, M.