| proficiency program for real-time pcr diagnosis of bordetella pertussis infections in french hospital laboratories and at the french national reference center for whooping cough and other bordetelloses. | with the support of a ministerial program for innovative and expensive technologies, dedicated to the economic evaluation of laboratory diagnosis of pertussis by real-time pcr, external quality assessment for real-time is481 pcr was carried out. coordinated by the national centre of reference of pertussis and other bordetelloses (ncr), this study aimed to harmonize and to assess the performances of eight participating microbiology hospital laboratories throughout the french territory. between ja ... | 2009 | 19692562 |