Second external quality assessment scheme for Listeria monocytogenes typing
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This report presents the results of the second round of the Listeria External Quality Assessment (EQA) scheme for the typing of Listeria monocytogenes (further EQA-2). The EQA covers the Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) method, conventional serological typing and PCR-based molecular typing. A total of 18 laboratories participated in the EQA-2 which took place between October and December 2013. Listeriosis is a relatively rare but serious foodborne disease, with 1 642 confirmed human cases reported in EU in 2012 (0.41 cases per 100 000). Compared to other foodborne infections under EU surveillance, listeriosis caused the most severe human disease, with 91.6% of the cases hospitalised. Since 2007, ECDC's programme on Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses (FWD) has been responsible for the EU-wide surveillance of listeriosis and facilitation of the detection and investigation of foodborne outbreaks. Surveillance data, including some basic typing parameters for the isolated pathogen, are reported by the Member States to the European Surveillance System (TESSy). In addition to the basic characterisation of the pathogens, there is added public health value in using more advanced and discriminatory typing techniques for surveillance of foodborne infections. In 2012, ECDC initiated a pilot project on enhanced surveillance incorporating molecular typing data into TESSy (TESSy-MSS - ‘molecular surveillance system’). The objectives of this EQA are to assess the quality of PFGE and serotyping and the comparability of the collected results produced by participating national public health reference laboratories in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and EU candidate countries. Strains for the EQA were selected from strains currently relevant for public health in Europe. A set of ten strains was selected. The set included a broad range of the clinically relevant types for invasive listeriosis
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Second external quality assessment scheme for Listeria monocytogenes typing
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | ECDC — European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
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Quelle: | 2014; (2014) |
Veröffentlichung: | 2014 |
Medientyp: | Elektronische Ressource |
ISBN: | 978-92-9193-610-6 (print) |
DOI: | 10.2900/11423 |
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