Availability of <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> Testing and Its Importance in the Surveillance of Genital Chlamydial Infection

The reported prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection (GCTI) is much lower in low-income countries than that high-income countries. This study surveyed the GCTI 456 hospitals Shandong province, China December 2018. Among surveyed, antigen testing, PCR and either or testing were available 200 (43.9%), 88 (19.3%), 268 (58.8%) hospitals, respectively. was more tertiary primary secondary (χ2 = 28.560, P 0.000). Significant differences observed availability 15.708, 0.003), 22.494, 0.000), 21.729, 0.000) among different types hospitals. In 2018, 1532 cases 99 Tertiary those 24.082, distribution consistent with provided laboratory for GCTI. Antigen only (43.9%) (19.3%) results highlighted province poor, suggesting had been sorely underestimated.