Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of syphilis in East European countries

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 623-632

  Sokolovskiy, E ^a   Frigo, N ^b   Rotanov, S ^b   Savicheva, A ^c   Dolia, O ^b   Kitajeva, N ^b   Hallen A ^d   Unemo, M ^e   Domeika, M ^f   Ballard, R ^g  

^a PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Central Institute for Skin and Venereal Diseases   (Russian Federation)

^c D O OTT RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Guidelines; Laboratory diagnosis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL; TREPONEMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS;

EID: 66349136155     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.03021.x     Document Type: Review

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