The novel 2016 WHO<i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>reference strains for global quality assurance of laboratory investigations: phenotypic, genetic and reference genome characterization

Unemo, Magnus; Golparian, Daniel; Sánchez-Busó, Leonor; H. Grad, Yonatan; Jacobsson, Susanne; Ohnishi, Makoto; M Lahra, Monica; Limnios, Athena; E. Sikora, Aleksandra; Wi, Teodora; R. Harris, Simon

doi:10.1093/jac/dkw288

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The novel 2016 WHONeisseria gonorrhoeaereference strains for global quality assurance of laboratory investigations: phenotypic, genetic and reference genome characterization

Published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy • Jul 17, 2016

Authors:

Magnus Unemo

Daniel Golparian

Leonor Sánchez-Busó

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Gonorrhoea and MDR Neisseria gonorrhoeae remain public health concerns globally. Enhanced, quality-assured, gonococcal antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance is essential worldwide. The WHO global Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (GASP) was relaunched in 2009. We desc...

Subject

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Quality assurance

Microbiology

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