Table 1

Median monthly salary and the costs for diagnostic services for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis infection in eastern European countries, 1999

Diagnostic costs (US$)
CountrySalary (US$)CostMethod
NI = unknown.
Bulgaria10510–15NI
Croatia32025.0DIF
Estonia2705.0Cell culture
4.2DIF
5–14Ab test
9.0PCR
Lithuania2506.0DIF
5.0ELISA
9.0Cell culture
14.0DNA HC
12.5–14LCR
Russia743.1DIF
6.2Cell culture
2.0–3.0ELISA Ab
2.0–3.0MIF
2.0–4.0PCR
Slovenia83327.0DIF
31.0Serology
36.0Cell culture
44.0PCR