The tale of two serologic tests to screen for syphilis-treponemal and nontreponemal: Does the order matter?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 448-456

  Owusu Edusei Jr , Kwame ^a   Koski, Kathryn A ^a   Ballard, Ronald C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA;

ALGORITHMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PLASMA; PREVALENCE; REAGINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 79954932597     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182036a0f     Document Type: Article

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