| Published Studies from COPAN |
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A Comparison of Self-Collected Nasal Flocked Swabs with Staff-collected Nasopharyngeal or Nasal swabs for Respiratory Tract Sampling in Volunteers |
Santina Castriciano, Susan Carruthers, Sonya Buracond, Geoffrey So and Marek Smieja |
European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - ECCMID 2008
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Validation of Dry Flocked Swabs after Storage for the Detection of Influenza A using Real Time PCR |
Santina Castriciano |
Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008
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Evalutation of the Flocked Swab+UTM for Collection of Cervical Specimens for Molecular Detection of Human Papilloma Virus |
A. Verri, S. Castriciano and V. Graziolli |
Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008
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Self-Collected Nasal Swabs for Diagnosis of Respiratory Viruses |
S. Castriciano, S. Carruthers, M. Ackerman, S. Chong, C. Robinson, S. Buracond, G. So, J. Mahony and M. Smieja |
Clinical Virology Symposium - CVS 2008
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Validation of Dry Flocked Swabs after Storage for the Detection of Influenza A using Real Time PCR |
Castriciano Santina and Chernesky M., Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, ON, Canada Copan Italia, Brecia Italy |
ESCV 2008 Clinical Virology Annual Meeting Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland 12-15 March 2008
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Diagnostic Outcomes of Viral Samples Collected by Flocked Swabs, stored in UTM at -70°C and Tested by Culture, Direct Fluorescence or Molecular assays |
Castriciano Santina, Petrich A, Smieja M, and Chernesky M. Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, ON, Canada |
ESCV 2008 Clinical Virology Annual Meeting Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland 12-15 March 2008
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Evaluation of the ESwab for MRSA Screening with Real-Time PCR, BD GeneOhm and Culture |
Arnalda Giambra, Santina Castriciano Copan Brescia, Italy |
European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics
Kurhaus Hotel
The Hague / Scheveningen
18th & 19th October, 2007
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Preservation of Cell Morphology and Detection of Human DNA by Real Time PCR in the new CyMol Medium and Liquid Based Pap Media |
Santina Castriciano, Arnalda Giambra Copan Brescia, Italy |
European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics
Kurhaus Hotel
The Hague / Scheveningen
18th & 19th October, 2007
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Comparison of the New CyMol Medium to ThinPrep Liquid Based Pap Medium for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases by Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays |
Santina Castriciano, Arnalda Giambra Copan Brescia, Italy |
European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics
Kurhaus Hotel
The Hague / Scheveningen
18th & 19th October, 2007
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