Deliverable D-IA.2.2.OH- Harmony-Cap.3.2 Characterisation of Methods used for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Cryptosporidium and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. in the European Union

A key objective of the OH-Harmony-CAP project was to collect information on current capabilities, capacities and interoperability at both the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) and the primary diagnostic level. A specific objective of WP3 was to examine current and best practice in the One Health sectors (public health, animal health and food/environment testing labs), identify existing knowledge gaps and propose new studies and/or methods to fill them in the areas of ‘Sampling & testing’, ‘Characterisation’ and ‘Data management & harmonised reporting’, specifically targetting Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC), Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), Cryptosporidium, and AMR in Salmonella and Campylobacter. This document, the second in a series of three such reports, covers ‘Characterisation’. A previous report on ‘sampling and testing’ procedures has been published (https://onehealthejp.eu/jip-oh-harmony-cap/) and a future report will cover ‘data management and harmonised reporting’