Performance of a rapid self-test for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in South Africa and Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1037-1039

  Jones, Heidi E ^a   Lippman, Sheri A ^b   Caiaffa Filho, Helio H ^c   Young, Taryn ^d   Van De Wijgert, Janneke H H M ^e,f  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID TEST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TEST STRIP; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINAL PRURITUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874060648     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01547-12     Document Type: Article

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