Re-testing as a method of implementing external quality assessment program for COVID-19 real time PCR testing in Uganda

• Erick Jacob Okek ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: okekerick@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Department of Arbovirology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2836-7141

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• Fredrick Joshua Masembe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Jocelyn Kiconco,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

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• John Kayiwa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1840-1801

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• Esther Amwine,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Arbovirology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

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• Daniel Obote,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Stephen Alele,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Charles Nahabwe,

  Roles Data curation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Quality Assurance, Allied Health Professional Council, Kampala, Uganda

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• Jackson Were,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostics, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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• Bernard Bagaya,

  Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Stephen Balinandi,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Arbovirology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

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• Julius Lutwama,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Arbovirology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

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• Pontiano Kaleebu

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Arbovirology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Laboratory, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

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