Diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STI) using self-collected non-invasive specimens

Sexual Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Garland, Suzanne M ^a   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERM; TAMPON; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URINE; VAGINA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SELF CARE; SEMEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TAMPONS, SURGICAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; URINE; VAGINA;

EID: 29544442589     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH03014     Document Type: Article

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