Evaluation of the new COBAS TaqMan CT test v2.0 and impact on the proportion of new variant Chlamydia trachomatis by the introduction of diagnostics detecting new variant C trachomatis in Örebro county, Sweden

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 190-193

  Hadad, R ^a   Fredlund, H ^a   Unemo, M ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS VARIANT C; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449121888     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.033142     Document Type: Article

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