Comparison of dacron and nylon-flocked self-collected vaginal swabs and urine for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis using analyte-specific reagents in a transcription-mediated amplification assay

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 160-162

  Jang, Dan ^a,b   Gilchrist, J ^a,b   Portillo, Eder ^a,b   Smieja, Marek ^a,b   Toor, Ramandeep ^a,b   Chernesky, Max ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACRON; NYLON;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF COLLECTED VAGINAL SWAB; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISEASE;

EID: 85027949547     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050499     Document Type: Article

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