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This manual provides a guide to standard laboratory procedures for detecting and diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases. Although the procedures described have universal relevance, particular attention is given to conditions in developing countries, where rapid transport of specimens may not be possible and cost factors may be decisive. Recommended procedures, tests and techniques are supported by close to 150 references. There are nine chapters covering the full range of STDs: gonorrhoea, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, syphilis, genital herpes, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, vaginitis in adults, human papillomavirus infection, and human immunodeficiency virus. Each chapter opens with a brief description of the disease and the principal laboratory approaches to diagnosis, followed by advice on the collection and transport of specimens. All laboratory methods, from microscopy, culture and non-culture techniques to serology and the use of commercial test kits, are described, with colour plates used to illustrate selected procedures and results.

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