Syphilis Screening among 27,150 Pregnant Women in South Chinese Rural Areas Using Point-of-Care Tests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Li Gang ^a   Tucker, Joseph D ^a   Liu, Feng Ying ^a   Ren, Xu Qi ^a   Hong, Xuan ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   McLaughlin, Megan M ^a   Bien, Cedric H ^a   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^b   Yang, Bin ^a  

^a Guangdong Provincial Center for STI Prevention and Control   (China)

^b National Center for STD Control   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; RURAL AREA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883245118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072149     Document Type: Article

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