Comparison of the Ide and Harris (VDRL) Slide Flocculation Tests in Nigeria
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Comparison of the Ide and Harris (VDRL) slide flocculation tests in Nigeria.
For over 10 years the Ide test has been in use in Nigeria as a simple slide flocculation test for syphilis and yaws in hospitals and clinics, and in the field, where the Kahn and Wassermann tests are impracticable. It was thought desirable that the results obtained by the Ide test should be compared with those obtained by the newly introduced Harris (VDRL) slide flocculation test, and an estima...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1955
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.31.1.40