Serologic herpes testing in the real world: Validation of new type-specific serologic herpes simplex virus tests in a public health laboratory

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 422-425

  Turner, Katherine R ^a   Wong, Ernest H ^a   Kent, Charlotte K ^a   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SAN FRANCISCO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036019219     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200207000-00011     Document Type: Article

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