InPouch TV™ culture for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 567-571

  Sood, Seema ^a   Mohanty, Srujana ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a   Tolosa, Jorge ^b   Mittal, Suneeta ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

InPouch culture; Reproductive tract infections; Sexually transmitted infections; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INOCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34547094552     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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