Evaluation of a rapid strip and a particle agglutination tests for syphilis diagnosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-126

  Juárez Figueroa, Luis ^a   Uribe Salas, Felipe ^a   García Cisneros, Santa ^a   Olamendi Portugal, María ^a   Conde Glez, Carlos J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Primary care; Rapid diagnosis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY-ABSORPTION TEST; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 34748878353     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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