Role of global disease detection laboratories in investigations of acute respiratory illness

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages

  Fields, Barry S ^a   House, Brent L ^b   Klena, John ^c   Waboci, Lilian W ^a   Whistler, Toni ^a   Farnon, Eileen C ^a  

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

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

International emerging infections program; Laboratory; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; COOPERATION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; STANDARDIZATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL EMERGING INFECTIONS PROGRAM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STANDARDS;

INTERNATIONAL EMERGING INFECTIONS PROGRAM; LABORATORY; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893441891     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit490     Document Type: Article

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