title: Stability of Chlamydia trachomatis on storage of dry swabs for accurate detection by nucleic acid amplification tests.
authors.affiliation: International Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Ldize2@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dize
authors.affiliation: International Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gaydos
authors.affiliation: International Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Division of Intramural Research, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.affiliation: Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003890:Desiccation; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D011309:Preservation, Biological / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors