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External Quality Assessment for Molecular Detection of Bordetella pertussis in European Laboratories
1 Jan 2005
Abstract excerpt
Although the PCR for the detection of Bordetella pertussis is routinely performed in diagnostic laboratories, no quality assessment program has so far been described. We report on the results obtained with two external quality assessment proficiency panels sent to European laboratories. The first proficiency panel contained a series of dilutions of three previously characterized B. pertussis clinical isolates and...
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