Programme of the Community Network of Reference Laboratories for Human Influenza to improve Influenza Surveillance in Europe.
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Meijer, AdamBrown, Caroline
Hungnes, Olav
Schweiger, Brunhilde
Valette, Martine
Werf, Sylvie van der
Zambon, Maria
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Programme of the Community Network of Reference Laboratories for Human Influenza to improve Influenza Surveillance in Europe.Publiekssamenvatting
All laboratories participating in the Community Network of Reference Laboratories for Human Influenza in Europe (CNRL) co-ordinated by the European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS) should be able to perform a range of influenza diagnostics. This includes direct detection, culture, typing, subtyping and strain characterisation of influenza viruses, diagnostic serology and the creation of archives for clinical specimens and virus isolates. To improve the capacity and quality of the laboratories of the CNRL and to increase the consistency in performance among all 25 European Union countries plus Norway, Romania, and Switzerland, five task groups were set up in February 2005. These task groups developed work programmes in the areas of virus isolation, antibodies, molecular virology, quality control assessment and antiviral susceptibility testing. This report outlines the programmes and the results achieved in the first half-year of operation of the task groups. The action plans are challenging and it is expected that these efforts will lead to considerable improvements in the performance of the laboratories and in the standardisation of methods employed in Europe with regard to routine influenza surveillance and early warning for emerging viruses.PMID
16782242ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.05.068
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