Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection using direct fluorescein antibody method in female sex workers registered in Ankara, Turkey: Pros and cons

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-84

  Zarakolu, Pinar ^a   Yaǧci, Server ^a   Çakir, Banu ^a   Ünal, Serhat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; DFA; Direct fluorescein antibody method; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

A-PRIORI; ANKARA , TURKEYS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROL PROGRAMS; DFA; DFA METHODS; DIRECT FLUORESCEIN ANTIBODY METHOD; EPITHELIAL CELLS; INFECTION RATES; MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PREVALENCE RATES; SCREENING PROGRAMS; SEROTYPE; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS;

ANTIBODIES; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

FLUORESCEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCREENING; SEROTYPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STAINING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 63449131261     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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