Characteristics of primary and late latent syphilis cases which were initially non-reactive with the rapid plasma reagin as the screening test

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 464-468

  Singh, Ameeta E ^a,b,e   Wong, Tom ^c   De, Prithwish ^d  

^a Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Provincial Health Office   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; False negative; RPR; Screening; Syphilis; Test performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; CHILD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAGINS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, LATENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47949114716     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007302     Document Type: Article

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