title: Twenty years of National Reference and Consultant laboratories for infectious diseases in Germany.
authors.affiliation: University of Würzburg, Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, National Reference Centre for Meningococci and Haemophilus influenzae, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2 (E1), 97080 Würzburg, Germany. Electronic address: vogel_u@ukw.de.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.affiliation: Robert Koch Institute, Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beermann
authors.affiliation: Justus Liebig University Giessen, Institute for Medical Virology, National Reference Centre for Hepatitis B and D, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gerlich
authors.affiliation: Robert Koch Institute, Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Osamah
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hamouda
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Frankfurt am Main, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, National Consultant Laboratory for Bartonella spp., Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Volkhard A J
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Kempf
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Slack
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003253:Consultants; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Infectious diseases; Public health microbiology; Reference laboratories