Title: Technical Problems Associated with Commercial Chlamydia Tests<sup>a</sup>
Abstract: Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesVolume 549, Issue 1 p. 39-46 Full Access Technical Problems Associated with Commercial Chlamydia Testsa SALLY S. HIPP, SALLY S. HIPP Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12201Search for more papers by this authorYANGSOOK HAN, YANGSOOK HAN Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12201Search for more papers by this authorMARY W. KIRKWOOD, MARY W. KIRKWOOD Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12201Search for more papers by this authorCINDY PALEN, CINDY PALEN Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12201Search for more papers by this author SALLY S. HIPP, SALLY S. HIPP Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12201Search for more papers by this authorYANGSOOK HAN, YANGSOOK HAN Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12201Search for more papers by this authorMARY W. KIRKWOOD, MARY W. KIRKWOOD Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12201Search for more papers by this authorCINDY PALEN, CINDY PALEN Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research New York State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12201Search for more papers by this author First published: December 1988 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb23956.x a This work was supported by Grant MCH 360524 awarded by the Division of Maternal and Child Health, Bureau of Health Care and Delivery Assistance. 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