Sexually Transmitted Infection/HIV Laboratory Testing in Resource-Limited Countries: Steps to Improve Use Effective Testing and to Ensure Diagnostic Capacity

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 905-908

  Donegan, Elizabeth ^a   Moncada, Jeanne ^a   Chernesky, Max ^b   Schachter, Julius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NOTE; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STAFF TRAINING;

HEALTH RESOURCES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0344256569     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000099621.30953.70     Document Type: Note

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