A comparison of self-taken vulvovaginal and cervical samples for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection by polymerase chain reaction

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-100

  Keane, Francis E A ^a,b   Bendall, Richard ^a   Saulsbury, N ^a   Haddon, Lisa ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Genital sampling; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33847211016     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207779949619     Document Type: Article

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