Networking of Public Health Microbiology Laboratories Bolsters Europe’s Defenses against Infectious Diseases

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Albiger, Barbara ^a   Revez, Joana ^a   Leitmeyer, Katrin Claire ^a   Struelens, Marc J ^a  

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

Author keywords

antimicrobial susceptibility testing; communicable disease surveillance; emerging diseases; external quality assessment; molecular diagnostics; molecular typing; public health laboratory networks; public health microbiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85068013231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00046     Document Type: Article

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