OBJECTIVES Chlamydia notifications have been rising in Australia for over a decade and are highest in young people. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of an internet-based intervention on chlamydia testing among young people 16-25 years. METHODS In this randomised controlled trial, recruitment, data collection, study interventions and follow-up occurred entirely in cyberspace, facilitate...

OBJECTIVES Using polymerase chain reactions, this study aimed to evaluate the incidence of neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis in our region of Hong Kong and explore any association between such conjunctivitis and nasopharyngeal colonisation with Chlamydia trachomatis. DESIGN Prospective epidemiological study. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Consecutive patients with neonata...

OBJECTIVES To identify the proportion of cases of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) in which Chlamydia trachomatis was detected in patients and their partners, using DNA amplification testing; and to relate the importance of age and symptoms to the presence of chlamydial infection and so clarify the aetiology and epidemiology of NGU, with a view to reducing the prevalence of chlamydial infection ...

Chlamydiae enter epithelial cells via a mechanism that still remains to be fully elucidated. In this study we investigated the pathway of entry of C. psittaci GPIC and C. trachomatis LGV/L2 into HeLa cells and demonstrated that it does not depend on clathrin coated vesicle formation. We used mutant cell lines defective in clathrin-mediated endocytosis due to overexpression of dominant negative ...

BACKGROUND Poor awareness and knowledge of Chlamydia trachomatis could be a barrier to uptake of screening. This study aimed to determine the level of awareness and knowledge of chlamydia among young people who were being approached in a variety of community settings and offered opportunistic screening. METHODS Men and women aged 16-24 years were approached in education, health and fitness, a...

Rectal chlamydia is a common bacterial sexually transmissible infection among men who have sex with men. Data from randomized, controlled trials are needed to guide treatment.

results: in total, 8.5% of all subjects were positive (11% of symptomatic and 6% of asymptomatic men). statistical analysis revealed an association between condom usage as a variable and infection in asymptomatic group (p ≤ 0.05). conclusions: findings of this study show that chlamydial infection screening especially in males with urogenital symptoms is necessary (at least in tehran) and we rec...

The aim of the research was to conduct an in-depth analysis investigation chlamydial infections occurred in cats and dogs Kyiv during last 10 years. article includes three main directions investigation: 1) epizootic situation with chlamydiosis; 2) Microbiological 3) Serological monitoring. clinical epizootiological studies chlamydiosis have been looked into, focus on differences similarities ag...

BACKGROUND Symptom- and sexual history-based testing i.e., testing on indication, for anorectal sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in women is common. Yet, it is unknown whether this strategy is effective. Moreover, little is known about alternative transmission routes i.e. by fingers/toys. This study assesses anorectal STI prevalence and infections missed by current testing practice, there...