A comparative evaluation of the Papanicolaou test for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 694-699

  Lobo, Tatiana T ^a   Feijo, Gilvania ^a   Carvalho, Sandra E ^a   Costa, Patrícia L ^a   Chagas, Carolina ^a   Xavier, Joaquim ^a,b   Simões Barbosa, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Regional da Asa Norte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0042885716     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000079525.04451.05     Document Type: Article

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