Assessment of the bio-preparedness and of the training of the French hospital laboratories in the event of biological threat

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 45, 2012, Pages

  Merens A ^a   Cavallo, J D ^b   Thibault, F ^c   Salicis, F ^d   Munoz, J F ^e   Courcol, R ^f   Binder, P ^g  

^a SERVICE D ENDOCRINOLOGIE   (France)

^b Ecole du Val de Grace   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

^d French Directorate General for Health Direction Générale de la Santé   (France)

^e FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^f LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSAFETY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MONKEYPOX; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; SAMPLING; TRAINING; VACCINIA VIRUS; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84869842331     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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