Laboratory quality control in a multicentre meningococcal carriage study in Burkina Faso

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 289-297

  Kristiansen, Paul A ^a   Ouédraogo, Abdoul Salam ^b   Sanou, Idrissa ^c   Ky Ba, Absatou ^d   Ouédraogo, Charles D ^e   Sangaré, Lassana ^c   Ouédraogo, Rasmata ^f   Kandolo, Denis ^g   Diomandé, Fabien ^g,h   Kaboré, Pascal ⁱ   Hassan King, Musa ^j   Thomas, Jennifer Dolan ^h   Hatcher, Cynthia P ^h   Andreasson, Ida ^a   Clark, Thomas A ^h   Préziosi, Marie Pierre ^k   LaForce, Marc ^j   Caugant, Dominique A ^a,l  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b CHU Souro Sanou   (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE YALGADO OUÉDRAOGO   (Burkina Faso)

^d Laboratoire National de Sante Publique   (Burkina Faso)

^e CHR Kaya   (Burkina Faso)

^f CHUP Charles de Gaulle ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^g World Health Organization Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

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

ⁱ Dir de la Lutte Contre la Maladie   (Burkina Faso)

^j Meningitis Vaccine Project   (France)

^k WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; Carriage; Meningitis belt; Neisseria meningitidis; Quality control

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MENINGITIS VACCINE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GRAM STAINING; HERD IMMUNITY; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BURKINA FASO; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84863393153     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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