The Laboratory impact of changing syphilis screening from the rapid-plasma reagin to a treponemal enzyme immunoassay: A case-study from the greater toronto area

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-196

  Mishra, Sharmistha ^a,b   Boily, Marie Claude ^b,c   Ng, Victoria ^d   Gold, Wayne L ^a   Okura, Tom ^e   Shaw, Marsha ^e   Mazzulli, Tony ^e,f   Fisman, David N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REAGIN TEST; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; REAGINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951672214     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181f07e91     Document Type: Article

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