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Wet-mount microscopy found 26% of what PCR found in one 980-woman comparison — the commonest curable STI, missed by the test most often used.
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Wet-mount microscopy found 26% of what PCR found in one 980-woman comparison — the commonest curable STI, missed by the test most often used.
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3,265 pregnant women; 980 tested by BOTH wet mount and NAAT, so the comparison is within-patient. Microscopy sensitivity 26%, specificity 99% — it almost never calls a false positive and misses three quarters of the true ones. Prevalence 15%. Also worth saying on air: 29% of the retested women were positive again, which is a reinfection problem, not a drug-failure problem.
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