SARS molecular detection external quality assurance

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Dec;10(12):2200-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1012.040416.

Abstract

Inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus samples were used for an external quality assurance study within the World Health Organization SARS Reference and Verification Network and other reference institutions. Of 58 participants, 51 correctly detected virus in all samples > or =9,400 RNA copies per milliliter and none in negative samples. Commercial test kits significantly improved the outcome.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Laboratories / standards
  • Quality Control
  • RNA, Viral / analysis*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / standards
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • RNA, Viral