Comparison of latex agglutination, wet preparation, and culture for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-203

  Adu Sarkodie, Y ^a,b   Opoku, B K ^b   Danso, K A ^b   Weiss, H A ^a   Mabey, D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 2942575800     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.007864     Document Type: Article

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