Syndromic and laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted infection: A comparative study in China

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 381-384

  Yin, Yue Ping ^a   Wu, Zunyou ^b   Lin, Chunqing ^c   Guan, Jihui ^d   Wen, Yi ^c   Li, Li ^e   Detels, Roger ^c   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^e  

^a National Center for STD Control   (China)

^b Centers for Disease Control   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; STD; Syndromic approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS;

CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 47949102392     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007273     Document Type: Article

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