2009 Conference Presentations
An Alternative Approach to Validating Serology Tests Used With Cadaver Samples
S Best, T McDonald, L Panagiotopoulos, S Dick, EM Dax
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the Australasian Tissue and Biotherapeutics Forum, 4-8 May 2009 in Perth, Western Australia
Changes in Viral Fitness Following Acute HIV-1 Infection and Interrupted Antiretroviral Therapy
Alicia Arnott, Kim Wilson, Darren Jardine, Paul Gorry, Kate Merlin, Pat Grey, Anthony Kelleher, Don Smith, Elizabeth Dax, Dale McPhee, and the Pulse Study Team.
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia; St Vincent's Institute, Fitzroy, Australia, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Australia, National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Sydney, Australia, Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Albion Street Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Presented at the Australian Centre for HIV & Hepatitis Virology Research (ACH2) 5th National Workshop, Wednesday, 3rd - Friday, 5th June 2009 at Crowne Plaza, Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia
Lessons Learned from the Results of Proficiency Testing for the Leptospirosis Microscopic Agglutination Test
Roderick J. Chappel, Marga Goris, Martin F. Palmer and Rudy A. Hartskeerl
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, County Hospital, Hereford, UK
Presented at the 6th Scientific Meeting of the International Leptospirosis Society,21-24 September, 2009 in Cochin, India
The Quality of HIV Testing Assured Through External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQAS)
T-T Aye, K Smeh, B Francis, T Pham, SK Walker and EM Dax
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
Presented at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP 9), 9-13 August 2009, in Bali, Indonesia