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ReviewInternational journal of medical microbiology : IJMM2015

Public health microbiology in Germany: 20 years of national reference centers and consultant laboratories.

Sandra Beermann, Franz Allerberger, Angela Wirtz, Reinhard Burger, Osamah Hamouda

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Review in International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sandra BeermannDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Seestr. 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Franz AllerbergerAustrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Spargelfeldstr. 191, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
Angela WirtzDepartment of Public Health, Ministry of Social Affairs, Hesse, Dostojewskistr. 4, 65187 Wiesbaden, Germany.
Reinhard BurgerRobert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Osamah HamoudaDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Seestr. 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: HamoudaO@rki.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 1995, in agreement with the German Federal Ministry of Health, the Robert Koch Institute established a public health microbiology system consisting of national reference centers (NRCs) and consultant laboratories (CLs). The goal was to improve the efficiency of infection protection by advising the authorities on possible measures and to supplement infectious disease surveillance by monitoring selected pathogens that have high public health relevance. Currently, there are 19 NRCs and 40 CLs, each appointed for three years. In 2009, an additional system of national networks of NRCs and CLs was set up in order to enhance effectiveness and cooperation within the national reference laboratory system. The aim of these networks was to advance exchange in diagnostic methods and prevention concepts among reference laboratories and to develop geographic coverage of services. In the last two decades, the German public health laboratory reference system coped with all major infectious disease challenges. The European Union and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) are considering implementing a European public health microbiology reference laboratory system. The German reference laboratory system should be well prepared to participate actively in this upcoming endeavor.

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ConsultantsCommunicable Disease ControlCommunicable DiseasesGermanyHumansLaboratoriesMicrobiological TechniquesPublic Health Administrationconsultant laboratories (CLs)GermanyNational networksNational reference centers (NRCs)Public health microbiology laboratories

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PMID26321004
PMCPMC7106537

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