Evaluation of an opa gene-based nucleic acid amplification test for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital samples in North India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2110-2116

  Verma, R ^a   Sood, S ^a   Bala, M ^b   Mahajan, N ^a   Kapil, A ^a   Sharma, V K ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Samantaray, J C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; gonorrhoea; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; PCR

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OPA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORA PSEUDOGENE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSEUDOGENE; RNA GENE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869385641     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002883     Document Type: Article

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