&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Written by&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cms.pulse-clinic.com/pulseteam/2&quot;&gt;Dr.Deyn Natthakhet Yaemim (Founding Director)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;on 6 June 2015, Last updated 18 July 2022&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Multiplex PCR testing for 14 different sexually transmitted infections - Most advanced DNA test in Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Thailand&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What&#39;s New&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Sexually transmitted infections are a very frequent and under-diagnosed cause of illness worldwide. A high number of detection methods and a large range of specimens in which sexually transmitted infections can be determined are available at the moment. Polymerase chain reaction performed on first void urine offers the advantage of being non-invasive, self-collectable and has high sensitivity and specificity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Asymptomatic testing, getting tested even though you don&#39;t have any symptoms, is a good idea to make sure you DO NOT have any infections hidden in your throat, vaginal canal and cervix, urethra and urine as well as anal canal. And if the test detects DNA of any bacterial or viral STIs, it will be a good chance for you to start treatment in time and tell your partner to get treatment as well to prevent transmission to other people in the community. This is a very helpful way to reduce STI transmission in the community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Nucleic-acid amplification tests, also known as NATs or NAATs, are used to identify small amounts of DNA or RNA in test samples. They can, therefore, be used to identify bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens even when the material of interest is present in very small amounts. When it comes to STD testing, there are NAAT tests available that can detect a variety of different STDs. In fact, most urine tests for STDs are performed using nucleic-acid amplification tests.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;WHAT ARE URINE PCR &amp;amp; SWAB PCR TEST?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PCR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;stands for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polymerase Chain Reaction&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;it is also celled&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;is a&amp;nbsp;modern molecular technique&amp;nbsp;used to detect a particular pathogen (virus or bacterium) in a specimen of blood, body fluid or other tissue.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;This technique detects virus/bacterial&amp;rsquo;s DNA.&lt;/span&gt; The nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) is the recommended method of testing for Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, Ureaplasma, Mycoplasma, Trichomonas, among other infections. It has&amp;nbsp;very high&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;specificity (higher than&amp;nbsp;&lt;span lang=&quot;TH&quot; xml:lang=&quot;TH&quot;&gt;99.5%)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;higher sensitivity&amp;nbsp;and accuracy than culture&amp;nbsp;(old diagnosis technique). In both men and women, painless Urine PCR (Yeah, you just have to pee) and&amp;nbsp;Genital PCR were significantly more sensitive than culture&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It can detect infection whether the organism is dead or alive!&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;This is mostly done in first-world countries and medical schools.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;WHAT INFECTION CAN THE DNA PCR DETECT?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;In people who has infection with symptom (symptomatic infection) and without symptoms (asymptomatic infections), DNA PCR TEST can detect;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chlamydia trachomatis&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;(serovars A-K) which causes&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cms.pulse-clinic.com/chlamydia/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;chlamydia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chlamydia trachomatis&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;(serovars L1-L3) which causes&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc.gov/std/tg2015/lgv.htm&quot;&gt;LGV&amp;nbsp;or Lymphogranuloma venereum&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neisseria gonorrhoeae&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;which causes&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cms.pulse-clinic.com/gonorrhoea/&quot;&gt;Gonorrhea&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trichomonas vaginalis&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;which causes&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cms.pulse-clinic.com/stdinfo/trichomonas-vaginalis/&quot;&gt;Trichomoniasis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mycoplasma hominis&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mycoplasma genitalium&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cms.pulse-clinic.com/resource/mycoplasma-genitalium/&quot;&gt;(an emerging STI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ureaplasma urealyticum&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/3/1/97-0103_article&quot;&gt;(read more)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ureaplasma&amp;nbsp;parvum&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cms.pulse-clinic.com/resource/ureaplasma-parvum/&quot;&gt;(read more)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Herpes Simplex Virus type I&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cms.pulse-clinic.com/herpes/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(read about Herpes Simplex Virus)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Herpes Simplex Virus type II&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Treponema pallidum&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;which causes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cms.pulse-clinic.com/syphilis/&quot;&gt;syphilis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Haemophilus ducreyi&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;which causes&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc.gov/std/tg2015/chancroid.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;chancroid&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cytomegalovirus (CMV) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHICH BODY PART CAN I GET TESTED FOR ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS USING DNA PCR TEST?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Let&#39;s think about how we use our part of body to give ourselves (and our partners)&amp;nbsp;pleasure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THROAT SWAB&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Imagine we kiss and suck and all the oral sex we use our mouth (and tongue and throat) the infections can be localized on your tonsil glands.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;So for this area we perform a swab, gently&amp;nbsp;rubbing the swab (or small cotton bud) on the back of the throat, on the tonsils, and in any other area where there&amp;nbsp;might be redness, inflammation or pus.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Throat&amp;nbsp;swab can detect 14 infections mentioned above.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;There are no risks or complications associated with a throat swab culture. The test may cause momentary gagging because the back of the throat is a sensitive area, but it shouldn&amp;rsquo;t be painful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ANAL SWAB&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Doesn&#39;t&amp;nbsp;matter if you are a man, a girl or a transwoman, if you like it from the back or using your backdoor for some fun the infections from your partners (or toys, hands, or gloves when fisting)&amp;nbsp;can localize on the surface of anal canal or rectal tissue surface.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00ccff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don&#39;t be too embarrassed to discuss your anal sex and safe anal sex practices with your doctor (We&#39;ve seen many holes before and you won&#39;t be the last).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;To collect the specimen, a small cotton swab (you wish it is bigger) is placed into the anal canal and the rectum. The swab is rotated gently, removed and put in a container to be sent to our lab.&amp;nbsp;There may be pressure as the swab is inserted into the rectum. The test shouldn&#39;t cause you any pain, we are always gentle and handle with care.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VAGINAL SWAB&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;We&#39;re talking about woman and transwoman, vaginal canal can be a house to host STI party and a matter of fact, STIs amongst&amp;nbsp;transwoman do not differ from the non-TG population unless there are other risks factors involved. To collect the specimen, a small cotton swab is placed into the vaginal canal. The swab is rotated gently, removed and put in a container to be sent to our lab.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;URINE PCR FOR 14 INFECTIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Urine testing for STIs is becoming increasingly available. These days,&amp;nbsp;14 STIs can be detected using urine testing. Urine PCR test&amp;nbsp;is a lot more pleasant than urethral or cervical swabs (the old technique which was painful and uncomfortable) and are quickly becoming standard practice.&amp;nbsp;Urine testing, as opposed to swab testing, makes it easier for people to undergo STI testing as part of their regular medical care. To collect the specimen for testing,&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;YOU JUST HAVE TO PEE&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Here are the steps starting from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Registration &amp;gt;&amp;gt; Receive label sticker and container &amp;gt;&amp;gt; go to the toilet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; do not wipe or clean your penis/vagina &amp;gt;&amp;gt; open the urine cup &amp;gt;&amp;gt; pee the first stream urine until it&amp;rsquo;s filled halfway &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; place urine cup in specimen bag &amp;gt;&amp;gt; wash your hands with THANN hand wash and water &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; pass it to staff at the counter &amp;gt;&amp;gt; pay &amp;gt;&amp;gt; confirm email address &amp;gt;&amp;gt; Sashay away&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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