INTRODUCTION The Auckland chlamydia pilot project was one of three funded by the Ministry of Health to trial implementation of the 2008 Chlamydia Management Guidelines. Chlamydia is the most commonly notified sexually transmitted infection in New Zealand. AIM To increase opportunistic testing in under-25-year-olds and to improve documentation of partner notification in primary care. METHODS...

BACKGROUND Internet-based Chlamydia Screening Implementation (chlamydia screening programme) was introduced in the Netherlands in 2008-2010 to detect and treat asymptomatic infections and to limit ongoing transmission through annual testing and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis in young people (16-29 years). This population-based screening may be less effective when addressing individuals who ...

BACKGROUND To determine whether chlamydia positivity among heterosexual men (MSW) and chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity among men who have sex with men (MSM), are changing. METHODS Computerized records for men attending a large sexual health clinic between 2002 and 2009 were analyzed. Chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity were calculated and logistic regression used to assess changes over time....

BACKGROUND Australia is developing a chlamydia screening program. This study aimed to determine the attitudes of young women to the introduction of chlamydia screening in Australian General Practice. METHODS In-depth face-to-face interviews with 24 young women from across Victoria, Australia, attending a randomly selected sample of general practices. RESULTS Young women reported that they w...

patients and methods in the current descriptive study, 255 endocervical swab samples were collected from the obstetrics and gynecology clinics of kashan, iran from december 2012 to july 2013. cervical swabs were placed in transport media and sent to the laboratory. to identify c. trachomatis in the samples polymerase chain reaction (pcr) was performed to amplify a sequence in the cryptic plasmi...

From 1st Jan2009 to31th of Dec 2009 a total 1406 women sera with abortions and outcomes congenital abnormalities in Kirkuk city were screened for infections like Chlamydia trachomatis, Toxoplasma gondii cytomegalovirus (CMV).These agents determined using commercial Elisa diagnostic kits.
 Results the study showed that CMV infection was more prevalent 39.74 % followed by Toxoplasmosis 16.37...

Renewed interest in chlamydia vaccination has revealed the need for a greater understanding of the seroprevalence of chlamydial infection in US populations. We used a Chlamydia trachomatis elementary body (EB)-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to define the characteristics of the humoral immune response and to determine seroprevalence. Two groups were analyzed: one consisting of patients ...