Laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections in Estonia in 2001-2002: Shortcomings with impact on diagnostic quality and surveillance

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 759-764

  Naaber, Paul ^a,b   Uusküla, Anneli ^a,b   Naaber, Janika ^b   Põder, Airi ^a   Hjelm, Eva ^c   Hallén, Anders ^c   Unemo, Magnus ^d   Domeika, Marius ^e,f  

^a TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TELEPHONE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 28644451728     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175381.26082.fc     Document Type: Review

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