WHO global Salm-Surv external quality assurance system for serotyping of Salmonella isolates from 2000 to 2007

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2729-2736

  Hendriksen, Rene S ^a   Mikoleit, Matthew ^b   Carlson, Valeria P ^b   Karlsmose, Susanne ^a   Vieira, Antonio R ^a   Jensen, Arne B ^a   Seyfarth, Anne Mette ^a   DeLong, Stephanie M ^b   Weill, François Xavier ^c   Wong, Danilo Marino Armando Lo Fo ^d   Angulo, Frederick J ^b   Wegener, Henrik C ^a   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 69949090659     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02437-08     Document Type: Article

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