Screening for Trichomonas vaginalis in High-risk Adolescent Females with a New Transcription-mediated Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT): Associations with Ethnicity, Symptoms, and Prior and Current STIs

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 312-316

  Hollman, Dominic ^a   Coupey, Susan M ^a   Fox, Amy S ^a   Herold, Betsy C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; Sexually transmitted disease; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEGRO; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEW YORK CITY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956186738     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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