External quality assessments for microbiologic diagnosis of diphtheria in Europe.

ABSTRACT: The European Diphtheria Surveillance Network (EDSN) ensures the reliable epidemiological and microbiologic assessment of disease prevalence in the European Union. Here, we describe a survey of current diagnostic techniques for diphtheria surveillance conducted across the European Union and report the results from three external quality assessment (EQA) schemes performed between 2010 and 2014.

SUBMITTER: Both L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4313322 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature