Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis proficiency testing trials: Toward european harmonization of the typing of food and clinical strains of listeria monocytogenes

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 873-881

  Félix, Benjamin ^a   Niskanen, Taina ^b   Vingadassalon, Noémie ^a   Dao, Trinh Tam ^a   Asséré, Adrien ^a   Lombard, Bertrand ^a   Brisabois, Anne ^a   Roussel, Sophie ^a  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DATA BASE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84884733558     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2013.1494     Document Type: Article

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