Performance of the rapid plasma reagin and the rapid syphilis screening tests in the diagnosis of syphilis in field conditions in rural Africa

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 282-285

  West, B ^a   Walraven, G ^a   Morison, L ^b   Brouwers, J ^a   Bailey, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT STRIPS; REAGINS; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0036045240     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.78.4.282     Document Type: Article

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