Pooling of urine specimens allows accurate and cost-effective genetic detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Lithuania and other low-resource countries

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-212

  Butylkina, Rita ^a   Jusevičiute, Violeta ^a   Kasparaviciene, Giedre ^a   Vagoras, Andrius ^b   Pagirskas, Egidijus ^c   Unemo, Magnus ^d,e   Domeika, Marius ^e  

^a Kaunas Public Health Centre   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 33847309546     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600978914     Document Type: Article

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