Enzyme immunoassay for urogenital trichomoniasis as a marker of unsafe sexual behaviour

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 103-109

  Mason, P R ^a,b   Gregson, S ^a   Gwanzura, L ^b   Cappuccinelli, P ^c   Rapelli, P ^c   Fiori, P L ^c  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0035065566     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268801004873     Document Type: Article

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