Viability of trichomonas vaginalis in urine: Epidemiologic and clinical implications

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3787-3789

  Shafir, Shira C ^a   Sorvillo, Frank J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINE;

TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 34248661539     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01287-06     Document Type: Article

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