Improving the accuracy of syndromic diagnosis of genital ulcer disease in Malawi

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-237

  Hoyo, Cathrine ^a,b   Hoffman, Irving ^a,b   Moser, Barry K ^b   Hobbs, Marcia M ^a   Kazembe, Peter ^c   Krysiak, Robert G ^a,b   Cohen, Myron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHANCROID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; ROC CURVE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 15744405302     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000149669.98128.ce     Document Type: Article

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