Conference Sessions

Session I
JUMPING OFF THE DEEP END: A REAL-TIME LOOK AT POOLING INFLUENZA SPECIMENS FOR ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE
EVALUATION OF A NEW VIRAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR CULTURE RECOVERY OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES
STABILITY OF INFLUENZA A AND INFLUENZA B VIRUSES AND VIRAL RNA UNDER DIFFERENT STORAGE CONDITIONS
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INFLUENZA VIRUS ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION PANEL FOR THE CDC INFLUENZA PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM
EVALUATION OF DFA AND IFA IN DIAGNOSTIC OF PANDEMIC INFLUENZA A H1N1 VIRUS
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INFLUENZA VIRUSES DURING 2010-2011 IN THE OCCIDENT OF MEXICO
IDENTIFICATION OF A GENETICALLY DRIFTED VARIANT OF THE INFLUENZA A H3N2 STRAIN CIRCULATING DURING THE 2010-2011 INFLUENZA SEASON
DETECTION OF ANTIGENIC DRIFT AMONG RECENT INFLUENZA A H3N2 VIRUSES THROUGH VIROLOGIC SURVEILLANCE
SURVEILLANCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF INFLUENZA B VIRUSES CIRCULATING IN THE U.S., 2009-2012
ANALYSIS OF GENETIC VARIATION OF INFLUENZA A VIRUSES USING DEEP SEQUENCING
RECOVERY OF INFLUENZA B VIRUS, WITH H273Y POINT MUTATION IN THE NEURAMINIDASE ACTIVE SITE, FROM A HUMAN PATIENT
EVALUATION OF THE QFLU COMBO TEST FOR RAPID INFLUENZA DRUG RESISTANCE DETECTION
DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY SURVEILLANCE OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES DURING THE 2010-2011 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SEASON
DETECTION OF DRUG RESISTANCE MARKERS IN INFLUENZA A VIRUSES: A PYROSEQUENCING QUALITY ASSESSMENT PANEL
DETECTION OF INFLUENZA TYPE B VIRUSES WITH REDUCED DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY
PROJECT FOR STANDARDIZATION OF LABORATORY ASSAY TO MONITOR INFLUENZA VIRUS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITORS IN THE U.S.
VALIDATION OF A READY-TO-USE INFLUENZA A FLOCKED SWAB CONTROL TO QUALITY CONTROL NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION AND AMPLIFICATION ASSAYS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF A NOVEL REAL-TIME MULTIPLEX INFLUENZA A AND B ASSAY WITH CELL CULTURE/DFA ON 929 HUMAN CLINICAL SPECIMENS FROM THE 2011 RESPIRATORY SEASON
INFLUENZA VIRUSES DISPLAY LONG-TERM VIABILITY IN CELL CULTURE AND REMAIN DETECTABLE BY RT-PCR IN NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATE SPECIMENS STORED FOR A YEAR AT 2-8°C
PERFORMANCE OF THE POINT-OF-CARE SOFIA INFLUENZA A+B FIA WITH SPECIMENS SUSPENDED IN VTM
CLINICAL PERFORMANCE OF SOFIA INFLUENZA A+B FOR DETECTION OF 2009 H1N1 AND SEASONAL H3N2
PERFORMANCE OF THE RAPID QUIDEL SOFIA INFLUENZA A+B FIA COMPARED TO THE BINAX NOW INFLUENZA A&B ASSAY AND REAL TIME MULTIPLEX RT-PCR FOR DETECTION OF PEDIATRIC INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTIONS
COMPARISON OF SOFIA FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY TO LATERAL FLOW EIA FOR DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A AND B VIRUSES
EVALUATION OF THE QUIDEL SOFIA(TM) INFLUENZA A/B FIA COMPARED TO R-MIX/MINK LUNG (ML) CELL CULTURE, BD DIRECTIGEN(TM) EZ FLU A/B AND PCR FOR THE DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A AND INFLUENZA B VIRUSES
EVALUATION OF THE BD VERITOR(TM) FLU A/B ASSAY COMPARED TO R-MIX/MINK LUNG (ML) CELL CULTURE, BD DIRECTIGEN(TM) EZ FLU A/B AND PCR FOR THE DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A AND INFLUENZA B VIRUSES
DETECTION OF THE NEWLY EMERGED H3N2 VARIENT, AVIAN H7, H9 AND H5 INFLUENZA A VIRUSES WITH THE QUIDEL SOFIA INFLUENZA A+B FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY
COMPARISON OF THE QUIDEL SOFIA INFLUENZA A+B FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY VS. THE QUIDEL MOLECULAR INFLUENZA A+B TEST
VIRAL TRANSPORT MEDIA COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SOFIA(TM) INFLUENZA A+B FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY (FIA)
HUMAN FACTORS CONSIDERATIONS IN SOFIA, A FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER GIVING IMPROVED SENSITIVITY OVER VISUAL RAPID ASSAYS
NOVEL MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SOFIA FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER
PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFIA FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY FOR INFLUENZA A AND B VERSUS CULTURE AND PCR:
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE QUIDEL SOFIA INFLUENZA A + B FIA WITH THE SOFIA ANALYZER USING RETROSPECTIVE NASOPHARYNGEAL SAMPLES
SUBTYPING OF INFLUENZA A VIRUS WITH A LIQUID INDIRECT IMMUNOFLUROESCENCE ASSAY (IFA) ON THE BOBCAT(TM) MICROSCOPY PLATFORM
DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPLEX LUMINEX ASSAY FOR INFLUENZA VIRAL INFECTION DIAGNOSIS
PERFORMANCE OF A NOVEL MULTIPLEXED MOLECULAR ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A AND INFLUENZA B ON TWO REAL-TIME AMPLIFICATION PLATFORMS
CLINICAL VALIDATION OF A NOVEL REAL-TIME MULTIPLEXED MOLECULAR ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A+B WITH 4oC STORAGE AND STREAMLINED WORKFLOW
CLINICAL VALIDATION OF A NOVEL REAL-TIME MULTIPLEXED MOLECULAR ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS WITH 4oC STORAGE AND STREAMLINED WORKFLOW
DETECTION OF LIVE ATTENUATED INFLUENZA VACCINE VIRUSES FROM HUMAN SPECIMENS BY REAL-TIME RT-PCR
PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF CDC REAL-TIME RT-PCR INFLUENZA ASSAYS ON THE AB TAQMAN ARRAY CARD AND AB 7500 FAST DX REAL-TIME PCR SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT OF A FULLY AUTOMATED TEST FOR RAPID AND ACCURATE DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A/B AND RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES
EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES OF US STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES IN THE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF INFLUENZA
EVALUATION OF A PLEX-ID FLU ASSAY FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES A AND B
WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF DETECTING NON-VIRUS-ASSOCIATED INFLUENZA RNA IN RESPIRATORY SPECIMENS?
PERFORMANCE OF A RAPID INFLUENZA TEST TRU FLU DURING H1N1 2009 INFLUENZA A OUTBREAK
PERFORMANCE OF THE BD VERITOR(TM) ASSAY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A AND INFLUENZA B IN RESPIRATORY SPECIMENS USING AN IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY WITH AN AUTOMATED READER
EVALUATION OF 11 FDA-APPROVED RAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TESTS USING 25 RECENTLY CIRCULATING INFLUENZA VIRUSES
EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF INFLUENZA A+B INFECTION IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN USING FLUORESCENCE-BASED RAPID ANTIGEN TESTING
COMPARISON OF CONVENTIONAL LATERAL-FLOW ASSAYS AND A NEW FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY TO DETECT INFLUENZA VIRUSES.
COMPARISON OF FOUR RAPID LATERAL-FLOW ASSAYS FOR DETECTION OF INFLUENZA A AND B ANTIGENS IN STORED SAMPLES
PERFORMANCE OF THE LIGHT DIAGNOSTICS SIMULFLUOR® FLUA/FLUB KIT COMPARED TO THE BARTELS VIRAL RESPIRATORY SCREENING AND IDENTIFICATION KIT FOR SHELL VIAL CULTURE CONFIRMATION
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HEMAGGUTININ ESTERASE AND MATRIX GENES OF INFLUENZA C POSTIVES CIRCULATING IN ALBERTA, CANADA
CLINICAL UTILITY OF THE R-GENE KIT FOR QUANTIFICATION OF ADENOVIRUSES IN PLASMA SAMPLES
LAB-DEVELOPED UNIVERSAL INTERNAL CONTROL FOR MULTIPLEXING WITH AN ADENOVIRUS REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY
EVALUATION OF ALTONA REALSTAR ADENOVIRUS (HAdV) PCR KIT
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADENOVIRUS 4 AND 7 INFECTIONS OF MILITARY RECRUITS IN TRAINING DURING THE 15 YEARS WITHOUT TYPE-SPECIFIC VACCINATION (1997-2011)
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL INTERTYPIC RECOMBINANT HUMAN ADENOVIRUS 11/7
LABORATORY EVALUATION OF THE FOCUS DX ADENOVIRUS ASR
PREVALENCE OF HUMAN BOCAVIRUS IN INFANTS AND PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH LOWER ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA: 5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY, 2007 - 2011
PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED TO HUMAN BOCAVIRUS 1 INFECTION IN INFANTS FROM CORDOBA, ARGENTINA.
PREVALENCE AND GENOTYPING OF HUMAN BOCAVIRUS AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT ILLNESSES IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
EVALUATION OF A NOVEL SIMPLEXA(TM) INFLUENZA A/B & RSV DIRECT ASSAY FOR LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF INFLUENZA AND RSV VIRAL INFECTIONS
PEPTIDE-BASED LUMINEX MULTIPLEX SEROLOGICAL ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES TO THE PALIVIZUMAG BINDING SITE ON THE F PROTEIN OF HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES IDENTIFIED IN INFECTIONS OF CHILDREN RECEIVING PALIVIZUMAB IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS
A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION AMONG CHILDREN ATTENDING DAYCARE
RAPID FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY SHOWING IMPROVED SENSITIVITY
IDENTIFICATION OF AN RSVA SUBTYPE WITH A 72 BASE PAIR G GENE DUPLICATION
COMPARISON OF THREE RAPID LATERAL-FLOW ASSAYS FOR DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS ANTIGEN IN STORED SAMPLES
CONTRIBUTION OF RSV AND HMPV TO RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN ADULTS
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL MULTIPLEXED MOLECULAR ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF RSV AND hMPV FROM RESPIRATORY SPECIMENS
SEROLOGICAL ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS FOR HUMAN PARAMYXOVIRUSES USING BACULOVIRUS-EXPRESSED NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN ANTIGENS
GENETIC ANALYSIS OF A CLUSTER OF PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS TYPE 4 CASES
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE LUMINEX ASR REAGENTS FOR DETECTION OF PARAINFLUENZA VIRUSES
FULLY-AUTOMATED MULTIPLEX REAL-TIME RT-PCR FOR IDENTIFICATION AND TYPING OF PARAINFLUENZA
SERIAL SAMPLING AND FLOCKED SWAB HEAD EXTRACTION OF SELF-COLLECTED SPECIMENS IN CYMOL TO IMPROVE DETECTION OF RHINOVIRUS
QUANTIFICATION OF HUMAN RHINOVIRUS (HRV) USING STANDARD CURVES DERIVED FROM THREE DIFFERENT HRV SPECIES
FREQUENCY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RHINOVIRUS IN OUTPATIENT CHILDREN WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION FROM ARGENTINA.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RHINOVIRUS IN HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN: CLINICAL, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND VIROLOGICAL FEATURES.
MOLECULAR EVIDENCE OF PERSON- TO- PERSON AND NOSOCOMIAL TRANSMISSION OF ANDES HANTAVIRUS IN FIVE CASES OF CARDIOPULMONARY SYNDROME (SCPH) IN CHILE
METHOD VERIFICATION OF THE MULTICODE-RTX EBV Q-PCR REAGENTS: COMPARISON OF WHOLE VIRUS AND PLASMID STANDARDS

Session II
DID THE 2009 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC AFFECT FUTURE LABORATORY TESTING METHODS FOR RESPIRATORY VIRUSES?
A STRATEGY FOR REMOTE EDUCATION APPLIED TO AN UNDERGRADUATE MICROBIOLOGY COURSE FOR A RELIGIOUS MINORITY DENIED ACCESS TO UNIVERSITY IN IRAN
AN INTEGRATED WEB-BASED SYSTEM OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SURVEILLANCE FOR RESPIRATORY VIRAL PATHOGENS
OPTIMAL NUMBER OF SAMPLES TO TEST DURING INSTITUTIONAL RESPIRATORY INFECTION OUTBREAKS, ONTARIO, CANADA
EVALUATION OF ABBOTT PLEX-ID FOR THE DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES VS. TRADITIONAL CULTURE IN POSTMORTEM CLINICAL SPECIMENS
EVALUATION OF THE IDAHO FILMARRAY RESPIRATORY PANEL ON NP SWAB, RESPIRATORY WASH (BAL/BRONCH WASH, AND NP WASH/ASPIRATE), AND THROAT SWAB SPECIMENS
COMPARISON OF THE FILMARRAY RESPIRATORY PANEL AND LABORATORY-DEVELOPED REAL TIME PCR ASSAYS FOR RESPIRATORY VIRUS DETECTION
ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE NANOSPHERE VERIGENE RV+ ASSAY AND THE FOCUS SIMPLEXA FLU A/B & RSV KIT
PERFORMANCE OF THE BOBCAT MICROSCOPY PLATFORM(TM) AS A RAPID METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES FROM PEDIATRIC NASOPHARYNGEAL FLOCKED SWABS
BOBCAT(TM) MICROSCOPY PLATFORM: A RAPID, OBJECTIVE AND HIGHLY SENSITIVE METHOD FOR THE DIRECT DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
COMPARISON OF THE ESENSOR® RESPIRATORY VIRAL PANEL TO A ROUTINE RESPIRATORY VIRAL PANEL IN A CLINICAL LAB
COMPARISON OF THE GENMARK DIAGNOSTICS ESENSOR RESPIRATORY VIRAL PANEL TO REAL-TIME PCR FOR DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES IN CHILDREN
FULLY-AUTOMATED MULTIPLEX REAL-TIME RT-PCR FOR IDENTIFICATION OF INFLUENZA A, INFLUENZA B, RSV, AND HMPV
DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH MULTIPLEX RESPIRATORY INFECTIOUS DISEASE DETECTION PANEL USING NEXT GENERATION QPCR TECHNOLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE xTAG RVP TEST FOR DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES AND DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF A NEW TESTING ALGORITHM
EVALUATION OF PRE-DISPENSED AND DRIED PRIMER/PROBE REAGENTS IN REAL-TIME RT-PCR ASSAYS FOR HUMAN RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS
QUANTIFICATION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES AND EVALUATION OF VIRAL LOAD IN PEDIATRIC PNEUMONIA
ANALYSES OF RESPIRATORY VIRUS POSITIVITY RATES IN THE UCLA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FROM 2009-2011
INTERPRETATION OF WEAK-POSITIVE BANDS IN A MULTIPLEX PCR USING SEEPLEX RV12 ACE DETECTION KIT
CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A NOVEL MULTIPLEX-PCR FOR THE DIFFERENTIATED DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS BASED ON QIAPLEX TECHNOLOGY
DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF TWO HIGHLY MULTIPLEXED RESPIRATORY VIRUS NUCLEIC ACID TESTS IN A PEDIATRIC COHORT
COMPARISION OF THREE COMMERCIAL REAL-TIME PCR SYSTEMS FOR THE DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
AN ANALYTICAL COMPARISON OF FOUR COMMERCIAL RESPIRATORY VIRUS PANELS
VALIDATION AND CLINICAL UTILITY OF PRODESSE PLUS SERIES OF ASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES USING ABI7500
ETIOLOGY AND CLINICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUS INFECTIONS IN ADULT PATIENTS ATTENDING AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN BEIJING
MEASLES CASE CLASSIFICATION IN AN ELIMINATION SETTING
MOLECULAR TESTING OF CLINICAL SAMPLES FOR MEASLES AND MUMPS VIRUSES IN THE USA IN 2011
DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES TO DETECT MEASLES AND MUMPS VIRUSES FOR DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LABORATORIES
SURVEILLANCE OF MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA IN CANADA IN 2011
EVALUATION OF MMRV ON BIOPLEX 2200 SYSTEM
ANALYTICAL AND CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A QUANTITATIVE LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ASSAY FOR PARVOVIRUS B19
EVALUATION OF THE ALTONA REALSTAR® PARVOVIRUS B19 PCR KIT 1.2: COMPARISON WITH THE ROCHE LIGHTCYCLER® PARVOVIRUS B19 QUANTIFICATION KIT
INCIDENCE OF CIRCULATING GENOTYPES OF HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19 IN THE UNITED STATES
TEASING CASES OF RASH, THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA, PERICARDITIS AND REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN ADULTS
VIRAL CUTANEOUS INFECTION INOCCULATED BY TATTOO NEEDLES
USE OF PANELS AND CONTROLS TO FACILITATE VALIDATION OF A NEW AMPLIFIED NUCLIEIC ACID TEST IN COMPLIANCE WITH CLIA STANDARDS
EVALUATION OF THE EVIVAR SEQHEPB SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE, RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED MUTATION DETECTION, AND RESISTANCE INTERPRETATION
COMPARISON OF RESULTS FOR HBV VIRAL LOAD, GENOTYPE, AND SEQUENCE MUTATION TEST METHODS
INTERFERON DOWN-REGULATE TLR7 EXPRESSION IN HEPATITIS VIRUS-RELATED HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOM
EVALUATION OF THE ABBOTT REALTIME HCV ASSAY FOR MEASUREMENT OF HEPATITIS C VIRAL LOADS ON THE AUTOMATED M2000 SYSTEM
EVALUATION OF THE ABBOTT REALTIME HCV GENOTYPE II RUO ASSAY
ABBOTT REALTIME HCV GENOTYPE II ASSAY: RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY
METHOD COMPARISON OF HCV VIRAL LOAD
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SENSITIVE ASSAY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF HCV GENOTYPES
MOLECULAR GENOTYPING OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) USING THE ESENSOR XT-8 MULTIPLEX TEST SYSTEM COMPARED TO SEQUENCING
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS E VIRUS IN HUMAN, SWINE AND SEWAGE SAMPLES IN SPAIN
HEPATITIS E GENOTYPE 3 VIRAL INFECTION IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN THE NETHERLANDS OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD
COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS TAQMAN TESTS: INVALID TEST RESULTS
PERFORMANCE OF A SINDBIS VIRUS/HIV CHIMERA AS A REFERENCE GENOTYPING REAGENT
BOTH PRIMER SEQUENCE AND DNA PURIFICATION METHOD SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT QUANTIFICATION OF HIV RESERVOIRS IN CLINICAL SAMPLES
HIV-1 PROVIRAL DNA DETECTION WITH A MODIFIED ABBOTT REALTIME HIV-1 QUALITATIVE ASSAY
AUTOMATION OF THE VIROSEQ HIV-1 GENOTYPING SYSTEM WITH ABBOTT M2000SP AND ABI 3500 INSTRUMENTS
EVALUATION OF VIVEST(TM) FOR HIV-1/HCV TESTING USING ABBOTT'S REALTIME ASSAYS
A NOVEL PHENOTYPIC ASSAY TO DETERMINE HIV-1 CO-RECEPTOR TROPISM
INCREASING PREVALENCE OF HIV-1 NON-SUBTYPE B INFECTIONS IN THE U.S.
DEVELOPMENT OF A REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY FOR QUANTIFICATION OF HIV-2 RNA
VALIDATION OF THE ROCHE COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS TAQMAN HIV-1 TEST VERSION 2
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE ROCHE COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS TAQMAN HIV-1 QUAL TEST ON THREE SPECIMEN TYPES
FEASIBILITY OF DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING ON THE BIO-RAD GS HIV COMBO AG/AB EIA
EVALUATION OF THE BIO-RAD GS HIV COMBO AG/AB EIA ASSAY
A COMPARISON OF THE MANUAL BIO-RAD GS HIV COMBO Ag/Ab EIA AND THE ABBOTT ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab COMBO ASSAY
EVALUATION OF APTIMA AND MULTISPOT AS CONFIRMATORY TESTS FOR SPECIMENS POSITIVE BY VITROS ECI WITH LOW SIGNAL TO CUTOFF
PERFORMANCE OF GEN-PROBE's APTIMA HIV-1 QUANTITATIVE ASSAY ON THE PANTHER SYSTEM
ONCOGENIC HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS PILOT STUDY: PREVALENCE AND HPV DIVERSITY AMONG HIV INFECTED FEMALES FROM ARGENTINA
DETECTION OF ANAL HIGH-(CANCER) RISK HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS IN MALES USING HYBRID CAPTURE 2
ANALYSIS OF THE QIAENSEMBLE(TM) DECAPPER UNIT FOR AUTOMATED TRANSFER OF THINPREP® MATERIAL USED IN HPV TESTING
ANALYTICAL VERIFICATION OF COBAS 4800 HPV DNA TEST AND WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT
COBAS HPV TEST COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT AND CONCORDANCE WITH HYBRID CAPTURE 2 IN VARIABLE CYTOLOGY POPULATIONS
EFFECT OF MIXED INFECTIONS OF HIGH-RISK AND LOW-RISK HPV ON THE DETECTION OF HIGH-RISK HPV TYPES
ANALYTICAL COMPARISON OF QIAGEN (DIGENE) HYBRID CAPTURE2 (HC2) HIGH-RISK HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) DNA TEST AND ROCHE COBAS HIGH-RISK HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) DNA TEST
COMPARISON OF THE ROCHE COBAS 4800 HPV ASSAY, QIAGEN HYBRID CAPTURE 2 (HC2) HPV ASSAY, AND HOLOGIC CERVISTA HIGH RISK HPV ASSAY
A HIGH THROUGHPUT AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR THE CERVISTA® HPV HR TEST
DISCORDANT RESULTS OF A SUBGROUP OF HPV SPECIMENS: "CERVISTA TRIPLE POSITIVE"
ENZYMATIC TREATMENT INCREASES THE RECOVERY OF HIGH RISK HPV mRNA BY APTIMA® FROM SUREPATH LIQUID-BASED PAP SAMPLES
DEVELOPMENT OF PLATFORM SPECIFIC HPV CONTROLS AND A PANEL IN PRESERVCYT® AND SUREPATH(TM)
ANALYTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GENPROBE APTIMA HPV (AHPV) AND AHPV GENOTYPING ASSAYS.
JC VIRUS TRANSPLANT NEPHROPATHY: A CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION OF TRANSPLANT DYSFUNCTION AND VIRAL MONITORING
A LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRATIFY JCV(TM) ANTIBODY ELISA
THE DETECTION OF BK VIRUS IN PLASMA AND UNEXTRACTED URINE SAMPLES USING FOCUS DIAGNOSTICS' ASR AND THE 3M INTEGRATED CYCLER
COMPARISION OF TWO REAL-TIME PCR LABORATORY DEVELOPED TESTS FOR THE DETECTION AND QUANTITATION OF BK VIRUS DNA IN PLASMA SPECIMENS
ANALYTICAL AND CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A QUANTITATIVE LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF BK VIRUS
AUTOMATED MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM FOR RAPID DETECTION OF MULTIPLE DNA TARGETS IN SINGLE PCR REACTION
ONE-STEP MULTIPLEX REAL-TIME RT-PCR ASSAY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS AND HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS IN CLINICAL SPECIMENS

Session III
COMPARISON OF BGM TO A549, ML, MRC-5, AND RMK CELLS FOR CULTURE OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS FROM RESPIRATORY SPECIMENS
IDENTIFICATION OF HSV IN CLEVICULAR FLUID SAMPLES OF PATIENTS WITH PERIODONTITIS
RAPID IMMUNOASSAY FOR THE DETECTION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF IGG ANTIBODIES TO HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPES 1 (HSV 1) AND 2 (HSV 2) IN HUMAN SERUM
EVALUATION OF REAL-TIME PCR TESTING COMPARED WITH VIRAL ISOLATION USING THE ELVIS HSV TEST SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION AND TYPING OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS IN MUCOCUTANEOUS SWAB SPECIMENS
CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE BD VIPER SYSTEM IN EXTRACTED MODE FOR QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF HSV1 AND HSV2 FROM SWAB SPECIMENS COLLECTED WITH M4RT TRANSPORT
SENSITIVE DETECTION OF GENITAL HERPES BY TRANSCRIPTION-MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS RNA
EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE AND WORKFLOW OF THE BD PROBETEC HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUSES (HSV 1 & 2) QX AMPLIFIED DNA ASSAYS RUN ON THE BD VIPER SYSTEM WITH XTR TECHNOLOGY
INTRALABORATORY VALIDATION OF MELTING PEAK (MP) ANALYSIS GENERATED BY HSV I AND HSV II REAL TIME PCR
EVALUATION OF A QUALITATIVE REAL-TME PCR ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF HSV-1 AND HSV-2 USING THE 3M INTEGRATED CYCLER
VALIDATION OF THE ERAGEN MULTICODE-RTx HSV 1&2 KIT
PCR DETECTION OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS AND VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
BOBCAT(TM) MICROSCOPY PLATFORM: A RAPID AND OBJECTIVE METHOD FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DIRECT DETECTION OF HSV-1, HSV-2 AND VZV
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL, RAPID AND EXTRACTION FREE MOLECULAR ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1 AND 2 AND VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS IN LESION SPECIMENS
SEASONAL VARIABILITY OF HERPES ZOSTER INFECTION IN GREECE AGE AND GENDER ASSOCIATION THE IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE INCIDENCE OF A HIGH MORBIDITY DISORDER
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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE MULTICODE®-RTx ASR REAGENTS FOR THE QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS
COMPARISON OF DIGITAL TO REAL-TIME PCR FOR QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
COMPARISON OF THREE REAL TIME PCR ASSAYS FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS DNA
PERFORMANCE OF A QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR IN PLASMA AND LEUCOCYTES FOR CMV DETECTION IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
COMPARISON OF STANDARDS FOR CMV QUANTIFICATION
CURRENT AND FUTURE VIRAL DNA STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS: CYTOMEGALOVIRUS AS A MODEL
VALIDATION OF A COMMERCIAL REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF CMV VIRAL LOAD IN PLASMA OF TRANSPLANTATION RECIPIENTS AND ASSESSMENT OF WHO CMV INTERNATIONAL PANEL FOR IN-HOUSE CMV ASSAY CALIBRATION
DRIED URINE SPOTS FOR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV) IN NEWBORNS
DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF CMV DNA IN PLASMA SPECIMENS USING THE ROCHE COBAS® AmpliPrep/COBAS® TaqMan CMV RUO TEST
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF LOW CMV DNA LEVELS IN HUMAN PLASMA
SEQUENCING BASED ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF CMV ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE MUTATIONS USED DURING CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS-DATA REVIEW
ANALYTICAL AND CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A QUANTITATIVE LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
PRECISION OF A QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR VIRAL LOAD ASSAY FOR EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS AMONG THREE CLINICAL LABORATORIES
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIDDLE WARE SOLUTIONS FOR THE CONNECTION OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS DEVICES
CMV DNA QUANTIFICATION BY THE COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS TAQMAN CMV TEST, COBAS AMPLICOR CMV MONITOR TEST, AND A LIGHTCYCLER CMV UL54 ASR ASSAY
RNA PURIFICATION WITH NOVEL CHEMISTRIES ON THE MAXWELL® INSTRUMENT
USE OF NEWLY OPTIMIZED NucliSENS®easyMAG® REAGENTS ELIMINATES LOW-LEVEL RNP CONTAMINATION
ANALYTICAL AND CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A QUANTITATIVE LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS
DETECTION OF VIRUSES AND PATHOGENS WITH MOLECULAR AMPLIFICATION ASSAYS IN CLINICAL SPECIMENS COLLECTED BY THE NEW COPAN ESWAB COLLECTION DEVICES
STABILITY OF FAST REAL-TIME PCR MASTER MIXES UNDER ALTERED STORAGE CONDITIONS
COMPARITIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF VIRAL STABILITY WITH UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM DEVICES
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NOROVIRUS OUTBREAKS (2009-2012) IN THE UNITED STATES USING DATA FROM A NOVEL NATIONAL NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK SURVEILLANCE NETWORK: CALICINET
RAPID MULTIPLEX REAL-TIME ONE-STEP RT-PCR FOR DETECTION AND TYPING OF NOROVIRUSES GENOGROUPS I AND II
NOROVIRUS IN HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND VIROLOGICAL FEATURES
A FOLLOW-UP REPORT OF THE BIANNUAL PATTERN OF NOROVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS OUTBREAKS IN ALBERTA DURING 2008 - 2012
INVESTIGATION OF PAEDIATRIC NOROVIRUS INFECTION: COMPARISON OF AN ELISA TEST AND NESTED RT-PCR ASSAY
INVESTIGATION OF PAEDIATRIC ASTROVIRUS INFECTION: COMPARISON OF AN ELISA TEST AND NESTED RT-PCR ASSAY
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF ROTAVIRUS CIRCULATING IN SOUTHERN PALESTINE
EVALUATION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL PANEL (GPP) ASSAY
DETECTION OF VIRAL DIARRHEAL PATHOGENS BY THE FILMARRAY GI POUCH
COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES FOR DIAGNOSIS OF GASTROINTESTINAL VIRUS INFECTIONS
ETIOLOGIC SPECTRUM OF ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS AMONG CHILDREN RESIDING IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
MOLECULAR DETECTION OF ENTERIC VIRUSES IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS IN CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
COMPARISON OF LIGHTCYCLER PCR WITH FOCUS ASR AND ERAGEN ASR FOR THE DETECTION OF ENTEROVIRUS IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) SPECIMENS
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL STUDY OF ENTEROVIRUSES ASSOCIATED WITH ENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDERN FROM NORTHERN INDIA
PLATFORM FOR CO-DETECTION OF RNA AND DNA VIRUSES IN CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID WITH MULTIPLEXED REAL-TIME PCR
DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR ASSAYS FOR POWASSAN VIRUS AND DETECTION IN CSF FROM A FATAL ENCEPHALITIS CASE
CLINICAL UTILITY OF DETECTION OF IGG BY IFA TO LACROSSE VIRUS IN A PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL
ESTIMATION OF SERUM GELATINASES (MMP-2 AND MMP-9) AND THEIR ACTIVITIES IN BALB/C MICE INFECTED WITH JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS
RAPID DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DENGUE VIRUS, JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, AND WEST NILE VIRUS IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID USING A NOVEL REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION REAL TIME PCR AND PYROSEQUENCING
AN EVALUATION OF THE INBIOS DENV DETECT(TM) ASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION OF IGM AND IGG CLASS ANTIBODIES TO DENGUE FEVER
A MULTIYEAR STUDY OF HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS AND VALIDATION OF A NEW REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY
PROSPECTIVE SURVEILLANCE FOR HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN FROM FOUR DISTINCT GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A REAL-TIME RT-PCR ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF PARECHOVIRUS
THE ROLE OF THE LABORATORY IN POLIO SURVEILLANCE TO SUPPORT ERADICATION: OPPORTUNITIES TO ASSURE QUALITY RESULTS GLOBALLY
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AN ATYPICAL OUTBREAK OF HAND, FOOT, AND MOUTH DISEASE CAUSED BY COXSACKIEVIRUS A6 IN 2011-2012
EVALUATION OF REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION
COMPARISON OF TWO NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TESTS IN EVALUATING CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS INFECTION IN A BABOON MODEL
MOLECULAR DETECTION OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE USING THE COBAS® 4800 SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT OF PLATFORM SPECIFIC ACCURUN® QUALITY CONTROLS FOR CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHEAE
USING NEXT GENERATION QPCR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTION OF SEVEN DIFFERENT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIOUS AGENTS IN ONE REACTION
DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A NOVEL, RAPID, EXTRACTION-FREE, 4OC STABLE, REAL TIME PCR ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE FROM STOOL SPECIMENS TARGETING BOTH TCDA AND TCDB
CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH DISCORDANT REPEAT C. DIFFICILE PCR WITHIN 14 DAYS
COMPARISON OF QUIDEL AMPLIVUE(TM) A RAPID AND SIMPLE ISOTHERMAL MOLECULAR ASSAY FOR THE QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE, AND MERIDIAN ILLUMIGENE®
COMPARISON OF FOUR CULTURE AND TWO NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION METHODS TO TOXIGENIC CULTURE FOR THE DETECTION OF TOXIGENIC CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE IN CLINICAL STOOL SPECIMENS
PERFORMANCE OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION FROM LIQUID CYTOLOGY SPECIMENS COMPARED TO APTIMA TRANSPORT MEDIUM
CLINICAL UTILITY OF PCR-BASED DETECTION OF MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
COMPARISON OF TRANSCRIPTION MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION (TMA), ANTIGEN DETECTION AND WET MOUNT FOR DETECTION OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS IN AN ADOLESCENT FEMALE POPULATION
HIGHLY SENSITIVE, RAPID GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY
EVALUATION OF THE ILLUMIGENE GBS METHOD, HARDY DETECT AND GBS CHROME AGARS FOR THE DETECTION OF GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS FROM CARROT BROTH
ETIOLOGY OF ACUTE DIARRHEAL ILLNESS AMONG PATIENTS VISITING A CHOLERA TREATMENT CENTER IN HAITI USING THE XTAG GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOGEN PANEL (GPP) ASSAY
EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF THE RIDA®GENE EHEC/EPEC REAL-TIME PCR FOR THE DETECTION OF STEC (SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING E. COLI) FROM HUMAN FECES, LIQUID ENRICHMENT BROOTH AND AGAR PLATE
EVALUATION OF THE NEW AND RAPID RIDA® GENE EHEC/EPEC REAL-TIME PCR IN DIARRHEAL FECES COMPARED TO A COLLECTION OF PATHOGENIC E. COLI STRAINS AND THE GENOTYPE® EHEC ASSAY
EVALUATION OF SUREPATH® SPECIMENS USING THE QIASYMPHONY® AXPH KIT AND THE RAPID CAPTURE® SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE OF THE QIASYMPHONY SP SYSTEM FOR THE ISOLATION OF VIRAL NUCLEIC ACIDS USING WHOLE BLOOD AND PLASMA SAMPLES