TY - JOUR AU - Stelzer-Braid, Sacha AU - Escott, Ros AU - Baleriola, Cristina AU - Kirkland, Peter AU - Robertson, Peter AU - Catton, Michael AU - Rawlinson, William D. T1 - Proficiency of Nucleic Acid Tests for Avian Influenza Viruses, Australasia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 7 SP - 1126 SN - 1080-6059 AB - An avian influenza quality assurance program was used to provide information for laboratories on the sensitivity and specificity of their avian influenza nucleic acid testing. Most laboratories were able to correctly detect clinically relevant amounts of influenza virus (H5N1), and results improved as each subsequent panel was tested. KW - Avian influenza KW - pandemic KW - quality control KW - reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction KW - dispatch KW - Australia KW - Hong Kong KW - China KW - Singapore KW - New Caledonia KW - Malaysia KW - New Zealand DO - 10.3201/eid1407.071098 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/7/07-1098_article ER - End of Reference