Impact of Trichomonas vaginalis transcription-mediated amplification-based analyte-specific-reagent testing in a metropolitan setting of high sexually transmitted disease prevalence

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3368-3374

  Munson, Erik ^a,b   Napierala, Maureen ^a   Olson, Robin ^a   Endes, Tina ^a,e   Block, Timothy ^a   Hryciuk, Jeanne E ^a   Schell, Ronald F ^c,d  

^a Wheaton Franciscan Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 53649102815     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00564-08     Document Type: Article

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