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First round of external quality assessment of dengue diagnostics in the WHO Western Pacific Region, 2013

Pok KY 1 , Squires RC 2 , Tan LK 3 , Takasaki T 4 , Abubakar S 5 , Hasebe F 6 Show all authors , Partridge J 7 , Lee CK 7 , Lo J 8 , Aaskov J 9 , Ng LC 3 , Konings F 7

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  • 1 WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research of Arbovirus and their Associated Vectors, Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore . ; Both authors contributed equally in the writing of this paper
  • 2 Emerging Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines . ; Both authors contributed equally in the writing of this paper
  • 3 WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research of Arbovirus and their Associated Vectors, Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore
  • 4 National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • 5 WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research (Dengue/Severe Dengue), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 6 WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Tropical and Emerging Virus Diseases, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
  • 7 Emerging Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines
  • 8 Public Health Laboratory Services Branch, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
  • 9 WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Western Pac Surveill Response J, 2015 Jun 30;6(2):73-81.
PMID: 26306220 DOI: 10.5365/WPSAR.2015.6.1.017

Abstract

Accurate laboratory testing is a critical component of dengue surveillance and control. The objective of this programme was to assess dengue diagnostic proficiency among national-level public health laboratories in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region.

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