A step forward in molecular diagnostics of lyssaviruses--results of a ring trial among European laboratories.

Rabies is a lethal and notifiable zoonotic disease for which diagnostics have to meet the highest standards. In recent years, an evolution was especially seen in molecular diagnostics with a wide variety of different detection methods published. Therefore, a first international ring trial specifical...

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Main Authors: Melina Fischer, Kerstin Wernike, Conrad M Freuling, Thomas Müller, Orhan Aylan, Bernard Brochier, Florence Cliquet, Sonia Vázquez-Morón, Peter Hostnik, Anita Huovilainen, Mats Isaksson, Engbert A Kooi, Jean Mooney, Mihai Turcitu, Thomas B Rasmussen, Sandra Revilla-Fernández, Marcin Smreczak, Anthony R Fooks, Denise A Marston, Martin Beer, Bernd Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3592807?pdf=render