2nd International external quality control assessment for the molecular diagnosis of dengue infections.

• Main Authors: Cristina Domingo (Author), Matthias Niedrig (Author), Anette Teichmann (Author), Marco Kaiser (Author), Leonid Rumer (Author), Richard G Jarman (Author), Oliver Donoso-Mantke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Currently dengue viruses (DENV) pose an increasing threat to over 2.5 billion people in over 100 tropical and sub-tropical countries worldwide. International air travel is facilitating rapid global movement of DENV, increasing the risk of severe dengue epidemics by introducing different...