Second worldwide proficiency study on variable number of tandem repeats typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  De Beer, J L ^a   Kodmon C ^b   Van Ingen, J ^c   Supply, P ^d,e,f,g   Van Soolingen, Dick ^a,b,c   Jamieson, F B ^h   Bidovec Stojkovic, U ⁱ   Brown, T ^j   Cirillo, D M ^k   Cruz, L ^l   Miranda, A ^m   Dou, H Y ⁿ   Fauville Dufaux, M ^o   Fitzgibbon, M M ^p   Garcia De Viedma D ^q,as   Groenheit, R ^r   Haanpera Heikkinen M ^s   Indra, A ^t   Kam, K M ^u   Kramer, R ^v   Jiang, G L ^w   Niemann, S ^x   Obrovac, M ^y   Rasmussen, E M ^z   Refregier G ^aa   Realpe, T ^ab   Samper, S ^ac   Sharma, M K ^ad   Sougakoff, W ^ae   Stakenas, P ^af   Stavrum, R ^ag   Trenkler, J ^ah   Wada, T ^ai   Siame, K K ^aj   Tafaj, S ^ak   Cowan, L ^al   Sng, L H ^am   Seagar, A L ^an   Basu, I ^ao   Rastogi, N ^ap   Ferro, B E ^aq   De Matos, F ^ar   Kipnis, A ^g   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e INSERM U1019   (France)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

^g Genoscreen   (France)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

^j PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^k SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

ⁿ NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^o SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^p ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^q HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^r SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^s NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^t AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^u Public Health Laboratory Centre   (Hong Kong)

^v MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^w DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^x RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^y CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^z International Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology   (Denmark)

^aa International Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology ^*  (France)

^ab UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^ac HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^ae ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^af VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^ah Slovak National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria   (Slovakia)

^ai OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^aj STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^ak UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

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

^am SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^an ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^ao AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^ap Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

^aq CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^ar FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^as INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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Author keywords

MLVA; Proficiency; Quality control; Reproducibility; Tandem repeats; Tuberculosis; VNTR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARDS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84896486105     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0531     Document Type: Article

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