Real-time PCR improves detection of Trichomonas vaginalis infection compared with culture using self-collected vaginal swabs

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-150

  Caliendo, Angela M ^a,d,e   Jordan, J A ^b   Green, A M ^a   Ingersoll, J ^a   Diclemente, R J ^a,c,d   Wingood, G M ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent women; DNA; Trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA;

EID: 26844570518     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10647440500068248     Document Type: Article

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