Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in Russia - In-house PCR assays may be effective but overall optimization and quality assurance are urgently needed

APMIS

Volumn 114, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 500-507

  Shalepo, Kira ^a   Savicheva, Alevtina ^a,c   Shipitsyna, Elena ^a   Unemo, Magnus ^b,c   Domeika, Marius ^c  

^a D O OTT RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Diagnosis; PCR; Russia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RUSSIA;

EID: 33747455246     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_443.x     Document Type: Article

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