Use of polymerase chain reaction on pooled cervical swabs to detect Chlamydia trachomatis infections in female sex workers in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 215-218

  Tan, Hiok Hee ^a   Chan, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Enzyme immunoassays; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 18744395269     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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