Journal article
Detecting asymptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis in females using the BD ProbeTec™ Trichomonas vaginalis Qx nucleic acid amplification test.
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Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) rates in women are increasing and many are asymptomatic. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are becoming the 'gold standard' for diagnosis. We aimed to establish our asymptomatic TV rates by testing all women attending Oxfordshire's Sexual Health service, regardless of symptoms, using the BD ProbeTec™ TV Q(x) NAATs (BDQ(x)). During BDQ(x)'s verification process, the sensitivity and specificity were calculated using results of 220 endocervical samples from symp...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1177/0956462416649888
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International Journal of STD and AIDS Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2016-05-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-04-20
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1758-1052
- ISSN:
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0956-4624
- Source identifiers:
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619884
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- English
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pubs:619884
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uuid:054737cc-1379-490d-8f36-c82a46fd6f5f
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- pubs:619884
- Deposit date:
- 2016-06-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Lord et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- Author(s) retain copyright; published by SAGE under license. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from SAGE at: [10.1177/0956462416649888].
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