Field evaluation of simple rapid tests in the diagnosis of syphilis

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 316-320

  Nessa, Khairun ^a   Alam, Anadil ^a   Chawdhury, Faisal Arif Hasan ^a   Huq, Mohsina ^a   Nahar, Shamsun ^b   Salauddin, Gazi ^a   Khursheed, Shayema ^a   Rahman, Saifur ^a   Gurley, Emily ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^a   Rahman, Motiur ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Immunochromatographic strip test; Rapid test device; Sex workers; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY-ABSORPTION TEST; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PROSTITUTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAGENT STRIPS; REAGINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 44349167671     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007280     Document Type: Article

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