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Very low sensitivity of wet mount microscopy compared to PCR against culture in the diagnosis of vaginal trichomoniasis in Uganda: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) causes the Trichomoniasis Syndrome composed of vaginitis in women, urethritis in men and tube infection in both sexes. This infection is strongly associated with premature rupture of membranes, preterm delivery, low birth weight, promoting HIV sexual transmissi...

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Autores principales: Nabweyambo, Sheila, Kakaire, Othman, Sowinski, Stefanie, Okeng, Alfred, Ojiambo, Henry, Kimeze, Joshua, Najjingo, Irene, Bwanga, Freddie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2581-1