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Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety

microbiological foodborne contaminants to the strain level and with achievement of a relatedness study (phylogeny), with a focus on the applicability of the method in order to be easily implemented in reference ...

Evaluation of a Liquid Media MALDI-TOF MS Protocol for the Identification of Dermatophytes Isolated from Infections.

and accurate identification capability, relatively low cost, and easy integration into the laboratory routine. Its accuracy heavily depends on the quality of the reference spectra database. ...

Monitoring HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmes in the EU/EEA

ECDC published an operational guidance that outlined key principles and minimum standards for PrEP programmes and service delivery, to support EU / EEA countries in their PrEP implementation efforts. In ...

Biological reference standards for multivalent vaccines: qualification strategies and challenges from a national control lab perspective

reference qualification reference vaccine Health Topics:  Effectiveness and safety of vaccines, medicines and health products- Quality of medical laboratories Efficacité et sécurité des vaccins, médicaments ...

VALCOR: a protocol for the validation of SARS-corona virus-2 assays.

SARS-CoV-2 sequences provided by established competent agencies that produce reference materials for the assessment of the limit of detection of each assay. The panel of samples are sent from a central ...

Sensitivity of candling as routine method for the detection and recovery of ascaridoids in commercial fish fillets.

reference standard. The overall Se of candling was 31% (95% CI 23-41%) and NPV was 87% (95% CI 85-90%). The Se increased with higher numbers of larvae/100 g infected muscle. A low NPV was found for the belly ...

VALCOR: a protocol for the validation of SARS-corona virus-2 assays

a reference comparator assay) to participating laboratories for testing with a SARS-CoV-2 index assay that requires evaluation. Discussion:  VALCOR provides a harmonised and standard framework to benchmark the ...

Controlled Human Infection Studies: Proposals for guidance on how to design, develop and produce a challenge strain.

reference. In the development phase, CMC documentation is needed for a candidate challenge agent, while standard operating procedure documentation is needed to monitor and control the manufacturing process, ...

Application of a strain-level shotgun metagenomics approach on food samples: resolution of the source of a Salmonella food-borne outbreak

200 students and teachers. Following standard procedures, the Belgian National Reference Center for human salmonellosis and the National Reference Laboratory for Salmonella in food and feed used ...

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