Highlights of the 33rd annual scientific meeting of the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI).

Abstract

The annual meeting of the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI) was convened virtually over the month of August. Prior to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, AMLI's scientific committee had chosen the following topics as the focus of its 2020 meeting: Histocompatibility Testing and Transplant Immunology; Secondary Immunodeficiency and Immunotherapy Monitoring; ANA Update; and Emerging Infectious Diseases and New Algorithms for Testing. Given the central role of the discipline in the evaluation of the host response to infection, it was apt to add a separate session on antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2 infections to the original program. The current report provides an overview of the subjects discussed in the course of this meeting.

• Authors: Vijaya Knight, Medhat Z Askar, Evangelos Ntrivalas, Sarada L Nandiwada, Lisa K Peterson, Anne E Tebo, Kamran Kadkhoda, John L Schmitz, Stanley J Naides, Melissa R Snyder, Amir A Sadighi Akha
• Journal: Journal of immunological methods (J Immunol Methods) Vol. 492 Pg. 112994 (05 2021) ISSN: 1872-7905 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 33626382 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Topics

• Algorithms
• Allergy and Immunology
• Animals
• COVID-19 (immunology)
• Group Processes
• Histocompatibility Testing
• Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Humans
• Immunotherapy (methods)
• Laboratories
• Pandemics
• SARS-CoV-2 (chemistry, physiology)
• Societies, Medical
• Transplantation Immunology
• Virtual Reality