Results from the WHO external quality assessment for the respiratory syncytial virus pilot, 2016-17.
Sandra JacksonTeresa C T PeretThedi T ZieglerNatalie J ThornburgTerry BesselaarShobha BroorIan BarrElsa BaumeisterMandeep ChadhaMalinee ChittaganpitchBadarch DarmaaJoanna EllisRodrigo FasceBelinda HerringKadjo HerveSiddhivinayak HirveYan LiMaria PisarevaAnn MoenAmel NaguibRakhee PalekarVarsha PotdarMarilda SiqueiraFlorette Kathleen TreurnichtAlmiro TivaneMarietjie VenterNiteen WairagkarMaria ZambonWenqing ZhangPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2020)
These findings indicate that reliable results can be expected from this pilot. Continued participation in EQAs for the molecular detection of RSV is recommended.