Making serological diagnosis of syphilis more accurate

To improve the accuracy of detection and confirmation of syphilis, the authors recommend that all sera reactive in VDRL (a reaginic test) regardless of their titer should be confirmed by TPHA (a treponemal test); this recommendation has also been made by World Health Organization. [3] In our study,...

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Published in:Indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS 2014-01, Vol.35 (1), p.70
Main Authors: Archana, B, Prasad, S, Beena, P, Okade, R
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