Development of a latex agglutination test as a simple and rapid method for diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection

Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-66

  Darani, Hossein Yousofi ^a   Ahmadi, Firuzeh ^a   Zabardast, Nozhat ^a   Yousefi, Hossein Ali ^b   Shirzad, Hedayat ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Latex agglutination test; Sensitivity; Specificity; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PURIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 77953037782     PISSN: 20082835     EISSN: 20084625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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