Excellence in sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnostics: Recognition of past successes and strategies for the future

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages

  Ronald, A ^b   Kuypers, J ^c   Lukehart, S A ^d   Peeling, Rosanna W ^a   Pope, V ^e  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases   (Canada)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGINIC ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PEER REVIEW; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VAGINITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REVIEW LITERATURE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VENEREOLOGY;

EID: 33847111085     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.023911     Document Type: Article

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