A multi-centre evaluation of nine rapid, point-of-care syphilis tests using archived sera

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages

  Herring, A J ^b   Ballard, R C ^c   Pope, V ^c   Adegbola, R A ^d   Changalucha, J ^e   Fitzgerald, D W ^f   Hook III, E W ^g   Kubanova, A ^h   Mananwatte, S ⁱ   Pape, J W ^f   Sturm, A W ^j   West, B ^d   Yin, Y P ^k   Peeling, Rasanna W ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^f Department of Adolescent Medicine   (Haïti)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^h Central Institute for Skin and Venereal Diseases   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ National STD/AIDS Control Programme   (Sri Lanka)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^k National Center for STD Control   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33847092022     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.022707     Document Type: Article

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