Performance of serological tests for syphilis in sexually transmitted diseases clinics in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China: Implications for syphilis surveillance and control

Sexual Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-9

  Yin, Yue Ping ^a   Wei, Wan Hui ^a   Wang, Hong Chun ^a   Zhu, Bang Yong ^b   Yu, Yan Hua ^a   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a   Peeling, Rosanna W ^c   Cohen, Myron S ^d  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Guangxi Institute of Dermatology   (China)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sensitivity; Specificity; TPPA; TRUST

Indexed keywords

TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHINA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY-ABSORPTION TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA IMMOBILIZATION TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649107200     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH08027     Document Type: Article

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