Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection in women attending a major gynaecological hospital in Greece: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-253

  Piperaki, Evangelia Theophano ^a   Theodora, Marianna ^b   Mendris, Michael ^b   Barbitsa, Louisa ^b   Pitiriga, Vassiliki ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^b   Tsakris, Athanassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749283073     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.070920     Document Type: Article

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