Prevalence and comparison of diagnostic methods for Trichomonas vaginalis infection in pregnant women in Argentina

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-65

  Perazzi, Beatriz E ^a   Menghi, Claudia I ^a   Coppolillo, Enrique F ^b   Gatta, Claudia ^a   Eliseth, Martha Cora ^b   De Torres, Ramón A ^a   Vay, Carlos A ^a   Famiglietti, Angela M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Culture; Diagnosis; Pregnancy; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA CULTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ARGENTINA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 77949674229     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2010.48.1.61     Document Type: Article

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