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. 2013 Jul;51(7):2371–2378. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00157-13

Table 1.

Number of centers by geographical region during all years of TESTa

Yr Africa Asia-Pacific Rim Europe Latin America Middle East North America Global
2004 1 6 30 4 0 64 105
2005 4 6 20 12 3 92 137
2006 4 16 46 23 4 84 177
2007 6 21 65 25 5 80 202
2008 4 12 96 34 7 35 188
2009 3 12 106 33 11 36 201
2010 0 10 89 25 9 26 159
2011 1 0 48 8 4 25 86
2004–2011 23 83 500 164 43 442 1,255
a

Africa = Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, and Tunisia; Asia-Pacific Rim = Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand; Europe = Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and United Kingdom; Latin America = Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela; Middle East = Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey; and North America = Canada and United States.