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M A Chernesky

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Chernesky M, Mahony J
Methods Mol Med . 2011 Mar; 20:33-46. PMID: 21390727
The use of cell cultures for the laboratory diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections was popularized during the 1970s and 80s (1-4). The techniques required live organisms and were restricted to...
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Chernesky M
Can Fam Physician . 2011 Feb; 25:309-12. PMID: 21297690
Immunization has contributed to an impressive reduction in morbidity and mortality of infectious diseases. As diseases are brought under control and public opinion desires ethical review of immunization and health...
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Larke R, Chernesky M
Can Fam Physician . 2010 May; 21(2):83. PMID: 20469164
No abstract available.
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Chernesky M, Martin D, Hook E, Willis D, Jordan J, Wang S, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2005 Jan; 43(1):127-31. PMID: 15634960
A clinical evaluation was conducted in six North American centers to determine the ability of APTIMA CT (ACT) and APTIMA GC (AGC) nucleic acid amplification assays to detect Chlamydia trachomatis...
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Chernesky M
Sex Transm Infect . 2002 Aug; 78(4):232-4. PMID: 12181457
Nucleic acid amplification (NAA) assays for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections started to appear in the peer reviewed literature about 12 years ago and during that period we have...
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Tompkins L, Schachter J, Boman J, Chernesky M, Dowell S, Gaydos C, et al.
J Infect Dis . 2000 Jun; 181 Suppl 3:S460-1. PMID: 10839740
No abstract available.
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Petrich A, Luinstra K, Groves D, Chernesky M, Mahony J
Mol Cell Probes . 1999 Aug; 13(4):275-81. PMID: 10441200
Surveillance for vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) by culture can be labour intensive and time consuming. We have developed a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (MPCR) which can be performed directly on...
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Chernesky M
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol . 1999 Aug; 24(4):437-46. PMID: 10435763
Nucleic acid (NA) assays have been developed and commercialized for many sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Solid phase, liquid phase or in situ hybridization of nucleic acids without amplification procedures have...
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Sellors J, Howard M, Mahony J, Chernesky M
J Clin Virol . 1998 Oct; 11(1):85-91. PMID: 9784147
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) and antigenemia (HBsAg), the risk factors for seropositivity and the effectiveness of a selective serologic screening rule among sexually...
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Chernesky M, Jang D, Sellors J, Luinstra K, Chong S, Castriciano S, et al.
Mol Cell Probes . 1997 Aug; 11(4):243-9. PMID: 9281409
In a comparison of commercial ligase chain reaction (LCR; Abbott) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR; Roche) assays, measuring plasmid genes of Chlamydia trachomatis, some specimens were found to be negative...