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Proficiency Testing of Viral Marker Screening in African Blood Centers - Seven African Countries, 2017. [PDF]

, 2019
A 2014 report evaluating accuracy of serologic testing for transfusion-transmissible viruses at African blood center laboratories found sensitivities of 92%, 87%, and 90% for detecting infections with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus
Benech, Irene, CDC Proficiency Testing Study Group, De, Anindya, Drammeh, Bakary, Hilton, Joan F, Kaidarova, Zhanna, Kalou, Mireille, Laperche, Syria, Murphy, Edward L, Ozeryansky, Larisa, Parekh, Bharat   +10 more
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Evaluating the Utility of Paired Tumor and Germline Targeted DNA Sequencing for Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Single Institution Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
Natalie Waligorski, Rebecca Ronsley, Shannon M. Stasi, Jeffrey Stevens, Erin R. Rudzinski, Christina M. Lockwood, Sarah E. S. Leary, Bonnie L. Cole, Michelle A. Ting, Vera Paulson   +9 more
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Routine human papillomavirus genotyping by DNA sequencing in community hospital laboratories

Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2007
Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping is important for following up patients with persistent HPV infection and for evaluation of prevention strategy for the individual patients to be immunized with type-specific HPV vaccines.
Vigliotti Jessica S, Vigliotti Veronica S, Lee Sin, Pappu Suri   +3 more
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Laboratory Focus on Improving the Culture of Biosafety: Statewide Risk Assessment of Clinical Laboratories That Process Specimens for Microbiologic Analysis [PDF]

, 2018
The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene challenged Wisconsin laboratories to examine their biosafety practices and improve their culture of biosafety.
Batemman, Allen C., Beck, eric, Block, Timothy K., Bowles, Erin J., Dern, Richard, Kropp, Joshua L., Munson, Erik, Podzorski, Raymond P., Radke, Tyler, Siebers, Karen, Simmons, Brian, Smith, Mary A., Spray-Larson, Frances, Warshauer, David M.   +13 more
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost effectiveness of adopted quality requirements in hospital laboratories.

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2013
The present study was designed in quasi-experiment to assess adoption of the essential clauses of particular clinical laboratory quality management requirements based on international organization for standardization (ISO 15189) in hospital laboratories ...
Alneil Hamza, Eltayib Ahmed-Abakur, Elsir Abugroun, Siham Bakhit, Mohamed Holi   +4 more
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Use and positivity of laboratory tests at Las Tunas provincial hospital

Revista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta, 2017
Background: the laboratories must offer the tests to aid doctors in their clinical practice, providing them with the information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of diseases.Objective: to describe the use of tests which have been at the doctors’
Jenny de la Caridad Hernández Betancourt, Ariel Segura Fuentes, Jorge Enrique Reyes Membrado, María Mercedes Bello Rodríguez, Bárbara Faustina Martínez Martínez   +4 more
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Barnes Hospital Bulletin [PDF]

, 1981
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/bjc_barnes_bulletin/1186/thumbnail ...

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Germline TP53 Mutations Causing Diamond–Blackfan Anemia: A French Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diamond–Blackfan anemia is a rare congenital erythroblastopenia typically caused by mutations in ribosomal protein genes. Recently, gain‐of‐function mutations in TP53 have been identified as a novel cause of Diamond–Blackfan anemia. We report two French patients who both harbored a heterozygous TP53 deletion (NM_000546.5: c.1077delA; p ...
Rafael Moisan, Lydie Da Costa, Ludivine David Nguyen, Heloise Chosseler, Audrey Riquet, Benedicte Bruno, Melissa Barbati   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source