14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious ...

Poster Sessions Sunday, May 2, 2004
P828 External quality assessment for molecular
detection and quantification of human
cytomegalovirus DNA in the Belgian centres
for molecular diagnosis
F. Brancart, B. Vincart, C. Liesnard
and the Belgian Centres for Molecular Diagnosis
( Brussels, B )
P829 A simple technique for internal control of
real-time amplification assays
S. Burggraf, K. Appel, N. Malik, J. Neumann,
E. Schuhmacher, B. Olgemöller (Munich, D)
P830 External quality assessment for the molecular
detection of viruses in simulated cerebral
spinal fluid
V.J. Chalker, Z. Mee, V. James (London, UK)
P831 EQA programmes in clinical virology and
microbiology
C. Forde, C. Scott, C. Steel, P. Wallace,
A.M. van Loon (Glasgow, UK)
P832 Nucleic acid isolation using the NucliSens
mini MAG instrument
P. van Deursen, A. Verhoeven, P. de Bie,
A. van Grinsven, M. Jacobs, P. van de Wiel
(Boxtel, NL)
P833 Pyrosequencing technology: a novel DNA
sequencing technique for rapid and reliable
typing of human papillomaviruses
B. Gharizadeh, M. Oggionni, B. Zheng,
N. Pourmand, E. Akom, K. Wallin, P. Nyren
(Stockholm, S; Milan, I; Palo Alto, USA; Quebec,
CAN)
P834 Comparison of the NucliSens Magnetic
Extraction Reagents to reference extraction
methods for the isolation of RNA and DNA
from various sample types
G. Onland, L. Bartels, P. van Deursen, M. Jacobs,
C.H.E. Boel, A.J.C. van den Brule
(Veldhoven, Boxtel, NL)
P835 Rapid detection of adenovirus DNA in
conjunctival scrapings by real-time PCR using
SYBR Green I as the detection dye
L. Folgueira, C. Prieto, S. Maldonado, M.J. Babiano,
J.R. Otero (Madrid, E)
P836 Enterovirus detection by real-time RT-PCR
in the study of aseptic meningitis
L. Santos, J. Simões, S. Martins, A. Silvestre,
R. Costa, J. Freitas Da Fonseca, H. Lecour
(Porto, P)
P837 Lack of detection of human retrovirus-5
(HRV-5) proviral DNA in synovial tissue and
blood specimens from individuals with
rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis
K. Piper, A. Hanssen, D. Lewallen, E. Matteson,
R. Hagan, J. Steckelberg, R. Patel
(Rochester, USA)
P838 Diagnostic of viral infections of central
nervous system by polymerase chain reaction
A. Domingos, G. Marrão, C. Nogueira,
A. Pinto de Oliveira, G. Rocha,
A. Magalhães-Sant'Ana (Coimbra, P)
P839 Detection of human cytomegalovirus DNA in
placenta using PCR
E. Paradowska, M. Przepiorkiewicz,
D. Nowakowska, M. Studzinska, J. Wilczynski,
Z.J. Lesnikowski (Lodz, PL)
P840 Quantitative real-time PCR for diagnosis of
VZV infection in cerebrospinal fluid
E. Zampachova, N. Piskunova
(Ceske Budejovice, CZ)
P841 Detection of herpes simplex virus and
enteroviruses in cerebrospinal fluid by
real-time PCR
J. Garcia-Martinez, L. Folgueira, C. Prieto,
S. Maldonado, M.J. Babiano, J. Otero (Madrid, E)
P842 Comparison of three commercial glycoprotein
G-based enzyme immunoassays for detection
of HSV-1/HSV-2 IgG antibodies in pregnant
women and sex workers
A. Aksözek, M. Özdamar, S. Ergin, K. Midilli,
S. Serdaroglu, S. Türkoglu, G. Yilmaz
(Istanbul, TR)
P843 A novel enzyme immunoassay for the
detection of anti-herpesvirus-8 lytic IgG
antibodies: evaluation of clinical performance
characteristics
F. Loftus, S. O'Keeffe, D. O'Leary, G. Elliott,
S. Reid (Dublin, IRL)
P844 A new enzyme immunoassay for the
detection herpes simplex virus type 2 –
specific antibodies
A. Obriadina, S. Klimashevskaya, M. Gladisheva,
V. Puzyrev, A. Burkov, T. Ulanova
(Nizhniy Novgorod, RUS)
P845 Detection of the six commonest human
herpesviruses in clinical specimens by a
single PCR (Herpes Consensus methodology)
S. Levidiotou, G. Vrioni, C. Gartzonika, T. Priavali,
C. Christaki (Ioannina, GR)
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