Targeted screening for Trichomonas vaginalis with culture using a two-step method in women presenting for STD evaluation

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 659-664

  Swygard, Heidi ^a,c   Miller, William C ^a,b   Kaydos Daniels, S Cornelia ^a   Cohen, Myron S ^a   Leone, Peter A ^a   Hobbs, Marcia M ^a   Seña, Arlene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 7044239109     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000143091.95094.73     Document Type: Article

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