Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 31, Issue 13 , Pages 95-99 , 1 July 2009

CLSI: Building Laboratory Capacity in Africa

  • Karen McClure

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Judith Arbique

      Affiliations

    • Capital District Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Anne Rendell

      Affiliations

    • Capital District Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Patricia Rizzo-Price

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, Wayne, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Patricia A. Rizzo-Price, MT, MS, Vice President, Global Health Partnerships, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, 940 West Valley Rd., Suite 1400, Wayne, PA 19087. Tel.: 301-865-8601, 610.688.0100 ext. 141. Fax: 301-865-3573

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 This program was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cooperative Agreement: 1U2GPS001298-01

PII: S0196-4399(09)00029-4

doi: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2009.06.001

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 31, Issue 13 , Pages 95-99 , 1 July 2009

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