External quality assessment of a DNA sequence-based scheme for epidemiological typing of Legionella pneumophila by an international network of laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3251-3256

  Afshar, Baharak ^a,b   Fry, Norman K ^a   Bellamy, William ^a,b   Underwood, Anthony P ^b   Harrison, Timothy G ^a   Indra, A ^c   Deplano, A ^c   Soetens, O ^c   Tilley, P ^c   Bernard, K ^c   Bangsborg, J ^c   Nielsen, S ^c   Etienne, J ^c   Mentula, S ^c   Luck P C ^c   Franzin, L ^c   Scaturro, M ^c   Visca, P ^c   Amemura Maekawa, J ^c   Mossong, J ^c   Bruin, J P ^c   Van Der Zwaluw, K ^c   Caugant, D A ^c   Marques, T ^c   Lindsay, D S ^c   Blanco, S ^c   Pelaz, C ^c   Fendukly, F ^c   Herrmann, B ^c   Gaia, V ^c   Lai, S ^c   Benson, R F ^c   more..

^a Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory   (Austria)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 35348836701     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00898-07     Document Type: Article

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