New tests for bacterial sexually transmitted diseases.
Recent advances in diagnostic tests for sexually transmitted diseases include the development of a synthetic Venereal Disease Research Laboratory reagent that will improve the sensitivity and stability of nontreponemal serologic tests for syphilis. A second generation user friendly and high throughput nucleic acid amplification test for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae has also been developed.
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Division of AIDS, STDs and Tuberculosis Laboratory Research, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. sam1@cdc.gov
D002602:Chancroid / Q000175:diagnosis; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis