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Table 1 Geographic distribution of the respondents with information on laboratories and clinicians showing (i) the geographic distribution of the respondents, (ii) the classification of laboratories as competent or expert and (iii) the clinical setting of the clinicians (N.a.: not applicable; Total completed: number of respondents that completed the whole survey)

From: Current laboratory and clinical practices in reporting and interpreting anti-nuclear antibody indirect immunofluorescence (ANA IIF) patterns: results of an international survey

Continent Laboratory professionals   Clinicians
  Competent Expert n.a Total Primary setting Secundary setting Tertiary setting n.a Total
Africa 6 4   10      
Asia 33 27 1 61   2 11 1 14
Australia 1 5   6    2   2
Europe 121 134 4 259 49 47 107 3 206
North-America 17 19 1 37 3 1 5 1 10
South-America 30 31 3 64 1 4 10   15
(Not assigned) 1    1 1     1
Total 209 (47.7%) 220 (50.2%) 9 438 54 (21.8%) 54 (21.8%) 135 (54.4%) 5 248
Total completed 166 186 6 358 11 11 60 2 84
  1. Countries of origin of laboratory experts: Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi-Arabia, South-Africa, Tunisia; Asia: Azerbaijan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates; Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom; North-America: Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States of America; South-America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
  2. Countries of origin of clinicians: Asia: China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan; Europe: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom; North-America: Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, United States of America; South-America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru