Trichomonas vaginalis: Investigation of a novel diagnostic method in urine samples using cysteine proteinase 4 gene and PCR technique

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-190

  Vatanshenassan, Mansoureh ^a   Rezaie, Sassan ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Niromand, Nasrin ^a   Kazemi, Bahram ^b   Babaei, Zahra ^a   Rezaeian, Mostafa ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Culture; Cysteine proteinase 4; Flagellated protozoan; Genetic parasitological assay; PCR; Trichomonas vaginalis; Wet mount

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; URINE; VAGINA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 77955269387     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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