Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: Chlamydia and gonorrhoea

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Herring, Alan ^a   Ballard, Ron ^b   Mabey, David ^c   Peeling, Rosanna W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAFF TRAINING; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 33751195287     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1562     Document Type: Article

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