Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: Syphilis

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

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGIN TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33751199682     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1563     Document Type: Article

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