The European Laboratory Working Group on Diphtheria: A global microbiologic network

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Efstratiou, Androulla ^a   Roure, Colette ^b  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES;

EID: 0034014104     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315553     Document Type: Article

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