Clinical evaluation of four recombinant Treponema pallidum antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests for syphilis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 648-650

  Li, J ^a   Zheng, H Y ^a   Wang, L N ^a   Liu, Y X ^a   Wang, X F ^a   Liu, X R ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Rapid diagnostic tests; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649710479     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.03102.x     Document Type: Article

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