Development, Implementation, and Impact of Acceptability Criteria for Serologic Tests for Infectious Diseases

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 881-883

  Crump, John A ^a   Corder, Jennifer R ^a   Henshaw, Nancy G ^a   Reller, L Barth ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HUMANS; INFECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 1242314276     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.881-883.2004     Document Type: Article

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