Italian national survey of blood donors: External Quality Assessment (EQA) of syphilis testing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 753-757

  Vulcano, Francesca ^a   Milazzo, Luisa ^a   Volpi, Sabrina ^b   Battista, Mara Maria ^b   Barca, Alessandra ^a   Hassan, Hamisa Jane ^a   Pimpinelli, Fulvia ^b   Giampaolo, Adele ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGIN TEST; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM PARTICLE AGGLUTINATION; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD DONORS; CARDIOLIPINS; CHOLESTEROL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; REAGINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 77749299229     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01460-09     Document Type: Article

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