Multisite pooling study using ligase chain reaction in screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 565-568

  Clark, Agnes M ^a   Steece, Richard ^b,h   Crouse, Karen ^c   Campbell, Joyce ^d   Zanto, Susanne ^e   Kartchner, Diane ^f   Mottice, Susan ^f   Pettit, Denise ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Association of Public Health Laboratories   (United States)

^c Spokane Regional Health District   (United States)

^d Washington State Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^e Montana Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^f Utah Division of Epidemiology and Laboratory Services   (United States)

^g Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services   (United States)

^h Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0034785879     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200110000-00002     Document Type: Article

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5. Performance of transcription-mediated amplification and ligase chain reaction assays for detection of chlamydial infection in urogenital samples obtained by invasive and noninvasive methods
6. Pooling cervical swabs and testing by ligase chain reaction are accurate and cost-saving strategies for diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis
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8. Pooling of urine specimens for PCR testing: A cost-saving strategy for Chlamydia trachomatis control program
9. The impact on accuracy and cost of ligase chain reaction testing by pooling urine specimens for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections