Pilot study of the utility and acceptability of tampon sampling for the diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infections by duplex realtime polymerase chain reaction in United Kingdom sex workers

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 279-282

  Kimmitt, P T ^a   Tabrizi, S N ^b,c   Crosatti, M ^d   Garland, S M ^b,c   Schober, P C ^e   Rajakumar, K ^d,e   Chapman, C A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Chlamydia; Diagnosis; Gonorrhoea; Sex worker; Tampon sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPLEX REALTIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; TAMPON; UNITED KINGDOM; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 77950802835     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009277     Document Type: Article

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