Premarket evaluation of the POCkit HSV-2 type-specific serologic test in culture-documented cases of genital herpes simplex virus type 2

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 266-269

  Ashley, Rhoda L ^a,c   Wald, Anna ^a   Eagleton, Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Diagnology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0034028326     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200005000-00005     Document Type: Article

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