Unforeseen Consequences: Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests and Epidemiologic Tracking of Foodborne Pathogens

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Editorial

Alexander J McAdam. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;55(7):1978-1979.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.00678-17. Epub 2017 May 3.

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Keywords: culture-independent diagnostic tests; epidemiology; foodborne pathogens.

Comment on

Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food and the Effect of Increasing Use of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests on Surveillance - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2013-2016.
Marder EP, Cieslak PR, Cronquist AB, Dunn J, Lathrop S, Rabatsky-Ehr T, Ryan P, Smith K, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Vugia DJ, Zansky S, Holt KG, Wolpert BJ, Lynch M, Tauxe R, Geissler AL. Marder EP, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Apr 21;66(15):397-403. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6615a1. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017. PMID: 28426643 Free PMC article.

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