Chlamydia trachomatis RNA in the environment: Is there potential for false-positive nucleic acid amplification test results?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-110

  Meader, E ^a   Waters, J ^a   Sillis, M ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 41849101056     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.027862     Document Type: Article

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