Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Pregnant andNon‐Pregnant Women
Open Access
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Vol. 2 (1) , 16-19
- https://doi.org/10.1155/s1064744994000335
Abstract
Objective:Trichomonas vaginalis vaginal infections are often both asymptomatic and difficult to detect by current methods. We evaluated the ability of a newly developed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to identify T. vaginalis in vaginal samples from pregnant and non-pregnant women.Keywords
Funding Information
- Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust
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