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. 2015 Jun 30;6(2):73–81. doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2015.6.1.017

Table 1. Characteristics of modules used in EQA of dengue diagnostics, WHO Western Pacific Region, 2013.

Module Sample ID Contents Serotype Antibodies
Viral RNA/NS1 antigen (Module A) A2013-V01 Inactivated dengue virus in serum DENV-2
A2013-V02 Serum alone Not applicable
A2013-V03 Inactivated dengue virus in serum DENV-1
Antibody (Module B) B2013-S01* Convalescent serum IgM, IgG
B2013-S02* Convalescent serum IgM, IgG
B2013-S03 Negative human serum Negative control

* B2013-S01 and B2013-S02 were the same sample collected from a recently recovered dengue patient used to assess the reproducibility of laboratory results.