Impact of age, gender, and pregnancy on syphilis screening using the captia syphilis-g assay

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1126-1130

  Henrich, Timothy J ^a,b   Yawetz, Sigal ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; REAGIN TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355138651     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31822e60e1     Document Type: Article

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