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Winter 2013 Lab Matters - "Next Generation Sequencing: Ready for Prime Time"
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Lab Matters: The latest issue of APHL's quarterly magazine examines how next-generation sequencing is making its way into the public health arena in "Next Generation Sequencing: Ready for Prime Time." The print version of Lab Matters is available only to members. Download the new Lab Matters mobile app from your app store (available for iPhone, iPad, Android devices and Amazon Kindle Fire).

 
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Guidance for PHLs

Isolation and Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from Clinical Specimens

Best practices in STEC diagnostics for clinical and public health laboratories. Covers algorithms plus EIA, culture and molecular characterization methods.

Infectious Diseases

Lessons from a Virus: Public Health Laboratories Respond to the H1N1 Pandemic

A behind-the-scenes account of public health labs'  24/7 response to the 2009 H1N1 outbreak.

Newborn screening

Four Facts that Policymakers Need to Know

How newborn screening protects the lives of the over 4 million babies born in the US annually. ​

APHL

2012 APHL Annual Report 

Review of 2012 activities, notably LEI Initiative.

Environmental Health 

Guidance for Laboratory Biomonitoring Programs

Framework for developing a public health laboratory biomonitoring program.

Public Health Preparedness and Response

Protecting the Nation's Health

Fifth annual report of state public health laboratories' all-hazards preparedness.