Evaluation of Self-Collected Samples in Contrast to Practitioner-Collected Samples for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Among Women Living in Remote Areas

Knox, Janet; N. Tabrizi, Sepehr; J. Miller, Penny; Petoumenos, Kathy; Law, Matthew; Chen, Shujun; M. Garland, Suzanne

doi:10.1097/00007435-200211000-00006

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Evaluation of Self-Collected Samples in Contrast to Practitioner-Collected Samples for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Among Women Living in Remote Areas

Published in Sexually Transmitted Diseases • Nov 1, 2002

Authors:

Janet Knox

Sepehr N. Tabrizi

Penny J. Miller

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Self-collected samples have been shown to be an acceptable and sensitive method for the detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among women. GOAL The goal of the study was to compare self-collected sampling methods to conventional practition...

Subject

Chlamydia trachomatis

Trichomonas vaginalis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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