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WHO Global Salm-Surv external quality assurance system for serotyping of Salmonella isolates from 2000 to 2007. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 0.92

The International Circumpolar Surveillance interlaboratory quality control program for Streptococcus pneumoniae, 1999 to 2008. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 0.88

Current methods for capsular typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Microbiol Methods (2015) 0.86

Improved Differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Other S. mitis group Streptococci by MALDI Biotyper Using an Improved MALDI Biotyper Database Content and a Novel Result Interpretation Algorithm. J Clin Microbiol (2017) 0.83

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The rise and fall of pneumococcal serotypes carried in the PCV era. Vaccine (2017) 0.79

External quality assurance system (EQAS) for identification of mastitis pathogens in Denmark from 2006 to 2011. Prev Vet Med (2012) 0.77

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Evaluation of an Optimal Epidemiological Typing Scheme for Legionella pneumophila with Whole-Genome Sequence Data Using Validation Guidelines. J Clin Microbiol (2016) 0.85

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