Performance of a new, rapid assay for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2940-2943

  Kurth, Ann ^a,d   Whittington, William L H ^a   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b   Thomas, Katherine K ^a   Holmes, King K ^a   Schwebke, Jane R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Public Health Seattle King County   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d Center for AIDS and STD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; WET PREPARATION MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 3142742368     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.2940-2943.2004     Document Type: Article

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