Interlaboratory comparison of test results for detection of Lyme disease by 516 participants in the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene/College of American Pathologists Proficiency Testing Program

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 537-543

  Bakken, Lori L ^a,b   Callister, Steven M ^c   Wand, Philip J ^b   Schell, Ronald F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0031045080     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.537-543.1997     Document Type: Article

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