Diagnostic accuracy of a point-of-care syphilis test when used among pregnant women in Bolivia

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages

  Tinajeros, Freddy ^a,b   Grossman, D ^c   Richmond, K ^d   Steele, M ^e   Garcia, S G ^f   Zegarra, L ^g   Revollo, R ^b  

^a Population Council ^*  (Bolivia)

^b Population Council   (Bolivia)

^c IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^d Population Council Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean   (United States)

^e PATH   (United States)

^f POPULATION COUNCIL   (Mexico)

^g Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33847171390     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.022640     Document Type: Article

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