Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 185-190 , July 2009

Strengthening the diagnostic capacity to detect Bio Safety Level 3 organisms in unusual respiratory viral outbreaks

  • Liselotte van Asten

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 30 274 2115; fax: +31 30 274 4409.
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  • Mariken van der Lubben

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Cees van den Wijngaard

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Wilfrid van Pelt

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Robert Verheij

      Affiliations

    • NIVEL Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Andre Jacobi

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Pieter Overduin

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Adam Meijer

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Dirk Luijt

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorium voor infectieziekten, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Eric Claas

      Affiliations

    • Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Mirjam Hermans

      Affiliations

    • Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Willem Melchers

      Affiliations

    • Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • John Rossen

      Affiliations

    • st. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Rob Schuurman

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Petra Wolffs

      Affiliations

    • Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Charles Bouchier

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Jurjen Schirm

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorium voor infectieziekten, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Louis Kroes

      Affiliations

    • Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Sander Leenders

      Affiliations

    • Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Joep Galama

      Affiliations

    • Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Marcel Peeters

      Affiliations

    • st. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Anton van Loon

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Ellen Stobberingh

      Affiliations

    • Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Martin Schutten

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.
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  • Marion Koopmans D.V.M.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • For the Network of National Preparedness Laboratories Netherlands.

Received 14 May 2009 ,Accepted 15 May 2009.

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    Monthly prevalence of hospitalizations for respiratory illness in the Netherlands, 1999–2006. (Based on Dutch National Medical Registry (LMR), covering all hospitals in the Netherlands. Black line: ba

    Monthly prevalence of hospitalizations for respiratory illness in the Netherlands, 1999–2006. (Based on Dutch National Medical Registry (LMR), covering all hospitals in the Netherlands. Black line: based on both main discharge and secondary diagnoses. Dashed line: based on main discharge diagnosis only.)

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    Monthly prevalence of general respiratory complaints presenting to GPs in 2001–2005. (Based on sentinel system of GPs with a 2% coverage recalculated to numbers for the total population. Black lines:

    Monthly prevalence of general respiratory complaints presenting to GPs in 2001–2005. (Based on sentinel system of GPs with a 2% coverage recalculated to numbers for the total population. Black lines: broad respiratory syndrome. Grey lines: lower respiratory tract diagnoses. Undashed lines: based on any complaint presented per consultation. Dashed lines: restricted to one (the first) complaint per consultation.)

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    Monthly prevalence of pneumonia (black line) and fever (grey line) presenting to GPs in 2001–2005. (Based on sentinel system of GPs with a 2% coverage recalculated to numbers for the total population.

    Monthly prevalence of pneumonia (black line) and fever (grey line) presenting to GPs in 2001–2005. (Based on sentinel system of GPs with a 2% coverage recalculated to numbers for the total population. black line: pneumonia. Grey line: fever.)

PII: S1386-6532(09)00232-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.05.024

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 185-190 , July 2009

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