WHO public report for the kit performance evaluation of YF MAC-HD 1.0 assay to detect IgM to yellow fever virus in the context of surveillance
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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on the pre- and post-harvest control of Campylobacter spp. in poultry meat
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Online training on tuberculosis laboratory biosafety
Ninth South-East Asia Regional Meeting of Virologists of the Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network, Lucknow, India, 1–2 September 2022
Influenza virus characterization - Summary Europe, November 2022
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Referral of influenza samples to RVU, UKHSA Colindale, 2022 to 2023
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Influenza virus characterization - Summary Europe, September 2022
Phylogenetic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Ontario | Public Health Ontario
WHO guiding principles for pathogen genome data sharing
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TAG-VE statement on Omicron sublineages BQ.1 and XBB
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Laboratory support for SARS-CoV-2 virus neutralisation in the EU/EEA - a pilot study
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External quality assessment (EQA) of the performance of laboratories participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net), 2021
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4. A(H3N2) - Cell culture-derived - Southern Hemisphere 2023
NIH-funded team develops method to identify future SARS-CoV-2 mutations that could affect rapid antigen test performance | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Lab Advisory: HHS Declaration of Public Health Emergency for Monkeypox Diagnostics and New FDA Guidance
Lab Alert: MPXV TNF Receptor Gene Deletion May Lead to False Negative Results with Some MPXV Specific LDTs
US and Canada to roll out the first omicron specific boosters within days | The BMJ
Lab Advisory: Variant Influenza Virus Infections
Multi-National Monkeypox Outbreak Technical Report 2 | Monkeypox | Poxvirus | CDC
EPI-WIN webinar: Omicron BA.5: What do we know about new COVID variants of concern?
Cholera kits 2020
Eighth external quality assessment scheme for Listeria monocytogenes typing
Monkeypox: UKHSA laboratory assessments of inactivation methods - GOV.UK
Call for public consultation - Target Product Profile (TPP) for readers of rapid diagnostic tests (RDT readers)
Lab Advisory: FDA Advises Repeat Testing to Reduce False Negative Results with COVID-19 Antigen Tests
National norovirus and rotavirus surveillance reports: 2022 to 2023 season - GOV.UK
Methods for the detection and characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants - second update
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Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Response to the Monkeypox Outbreak — Laboratory Response Network, United States, May 17–June 30, 2022 | MMWR
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Lab Advisory: CDC Updates Specimen Collection Guidelines for Monkeypox Virus
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WHO supports strengthening of whole genome sequencing capacity at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Kelantan State
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WHO Public Health Laboratories knowledge sharing webinars - Acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children: laboratory testing strategy guidance and epidemiological updates
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Guidance for diagnostic testing of cases with severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children
UKHSA expands support to help countries identify emerging variants - GOV.UK
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Variant of Concern Screening and Whole Genome Sequencing Surveillance | Public Health Ontario
TB laboratory manuals issued to support the implementation of WHO-recommended diagnostics
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European COVID-19 reference laboratory network (ECOVID-LabNet)
European COVID-19 surveillance network (ECOVID-Net)
Instructions for Adenovirus Diagnostic Testing, Typing, and Submission | CDC
Hepatitis (Acute) – Unknown Origin in Children | Public Health Ontario
Report on the investigation into the origin of recent cases of hepatitis in Scotland published - News - Public Health Scotland
Notes from the Field: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection in 10 Persons Within 90 Days of Previous SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Infection — Four States, October 2021–January 2022 | MMWR
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Laboratory Testing Requirements for Vaccination with Dengvaxia Dengue Vaccine | Dengue | CDC
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) data: 2019
The control of neglected zoonotic diseases: community based interventions for NZDs prevention and control
Human Infection with Avian Influenza A Virus: Information for Health Professionals and Laboratorians | Avian Influenza (Flu)
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Diagnostics for Detecting H7N9 Using rRT-PCR | Avian Influenza (Flu)
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Epidemiological update on SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5
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Line probe assays for detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis: interpretation and reporting manual for laboratory staff and clinicians
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Variants: distribution of case data, 6 May 2022
Call for expressions of interest: Expert(s) for conducting a systematic review of the evidence for the diagnostic accuracy of targeted next-generation sequencing technologies for detection of drug resistance among people diagnosed with TB
Molluscum contagiosum virus detection | Public Health Ontario
OneLab Virtual Summit 2022
Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 in Scotland - Population-based seroprevalence surveillance 23 March 2022 - Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 in Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland
Technical consultation session: ‘Access and benefits sharing and the WHO BioHub system'
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Diagnostic testing and screening for SARS-CoV-2
About MicrobeNet
European External Influenza Virus Quality Assessment Programme – 2020 data
Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis
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Instructions for Submitting Diagnostic Specimens for Testing by the Rickettsial Reference Diagnostic Laboratory
Herpes B Virus – Serology and PCR
Malaria rapid diagnostic test performance. Results of WHO product testing of malaria RDTs: Round 8 (2016-2018)
Report of the Third Meeting of the WHO Onchocerciasis Technical Advisory Subgroup Geneva, Switzerland, 26‒28 February 2019
World malaria report 2018
Statement on Omicron sublineage BA.2
Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategies
The South-East Asia Region Antimicrobial Stewardship 2022 Webinar Series
Measles Lab Manual from the World Health Organization
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The Global Health Observatory
