Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network laboratory guidelines for the use of direct tests to detect syphilis in Canada.

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Published in Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol on March 23, 2015

Authors

Raymond Sw Tsang1, Muhammad Morshed2, Max A Chernesky3, Gayatri C Jayaraman4, Kamran Kadkhoda5

Author Affiliations

1: National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba;
2: BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory; ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia;
3: McMaster University, Hamilton;
4: Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario;
5: Cadham Provincial Laboratory; ; Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases and Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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