Project: Metrology for monitoring infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and harmful micro-organisms
Infectious diseases account for over 20% of human deaths globally and 25% of all morbidity. Accurate and rapid diagnosis, alongside methods for monitoring transmission and spread in the community and resistance to medicines, are therefore vital to protect public health. Molecular approaches such as qPCR and sequence analysis offer the potential to improve management of infectious diseases through increased speed, accuracy and sensitivity over conventional microbiological methods. However, the measurement infrastructure for such molecular approaches was lacking previously, with issues concerning quality, comparability and traceability of measurements. This project addressed these issues by successfully developing highly accurate methods and materials to support the accurate quantification of pathogens in clinical samples. It also evaluated new and emerging molecular approaches for the surveillance and monitoring of infectious disease load and detection of antimicrobial resistance mutations.
| Acronym | HLT08 INFECT-MET (Reference Number: HLT08) |
| Duration | 01/06/2012 - 31/05/2015 |
| Project Topic | Metrology |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
See Website |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | EMRP |
| Call | EMRP Call 2011 - Health, SI Broader Scope and New Technologies |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
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| 1 | LGC Limited | Coordinator | United Kingdom |
| 2 | Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung | Partner | Germany |
| 3 | JRC - Joint Research Centre - European Commission | Partner | Belgium |
| 4 | Nacionalni Institut za Biologijo | Partner | Slovenia |
| 5 | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt | Partner | Germany |
| 6 | Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu | Partner | Türkiye |
| 7 | University College London | United Kingdom |