Archive for November 30th, 2007

Rapid Chlamydia Testing

By medliorator - Last updated: Friday, November 30, 2007

Reporting by Ben Hirschler The new Chlamydia Rapid Test (CRT) detects bacteria from self-collected vaginal swabs, which are much simpler to obtain than cervical swabs required by existing rapid tests. It is also up to twice as accurate.   The test is able to detect chlamydia in less than 30 minutes — and often much [...]