Comparison of washing and swabbing procedures for collecting genital fluids to assess cervicovaginal shedding of herpes simplex virus type 2 DNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2662-2664

  Ndjoyi Mbiguino, Angélique ^a   Ozouaki, Francis ^b   Legoff, Jérôme ^d   Mbopi Kéou, François Xavier ^f   Si Mohamed, Ali ^d   Onas, Isabelle Ndombi ^c   Avoune, Evelyne ^a   Bélec, Laurent ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^b Maternite Josephine Bongo   (Gabon)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LIBREVILLE   (Gabon)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHILD; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GABON; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0038180403     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2662-2664.2003     Document Type: Article

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