Laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases in facilities within the United States: Results of a national survey

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 342-349

  Beck Sague, Consuelo M ^a,c   Cordts, Jerome R ^b   Brown, Kimberly ^a   Larsen, Sandra A ^a   Black, Carolyn M ^a   Knapp, Joan S ^a   Ridderhof, John C ^c   Barnes, Frankie G ^d   Morse, Stephen A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Assoc State Terr Hlth Officials   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRACHOMA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0030035636     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199607000-00014     Document Type: Article

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