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18397507

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
The last decade international trade in animals and animal products was liberated and confidence in this global trade can increase only if appropriate control measures are applied. As foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) diagnostics will play an essential role in this respect, the Food and Agriculture Organization European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EUFMD) co-ordinates, in collaboration with the European Commission, several programmes to increase the quality of FMD diagnostics. A quality assurance (QA) system is deemed essential for laboratories involved in certifying absence of FMDV or antibodies against the virus. Therefore, laboratories are encouraged to validate their diagnostic tests fully and to install a continuous quality control (QC) monitoring system. Knowledge of performance characteristics of diagnostics is essential to interpret results correctly and to calculate sample rates in regional surveillance campaigns. Different aspects of QA/QC of classical and new FMD virological and serological diagnostics are discussed in respect to the EU FMD directive (2003/85/EC). We recommended accepting trade certificates only from laboratories participating in international proficiency testing on a regular basis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1865-1674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
35-45
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The importance of quality assurance/quality control of diagnostics to increase the confidence in global foot-and-mouth disease control.
pubmed:affiliation
Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Groeselenberg 99, B-1180 Brussels, Ukkel, Belgium. kris.de.clercq@var.fgov.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't