Use of PCR in the diagnosis of early syphilis in the United Kingdom

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 479-483

  Palmer, H M ^a,b   Higgins, S P ^c   Herring, A J ^b   Kingston, M A ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0347510693     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.6.479     Document Type: Article

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