ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2002
Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in early pregnancy using self-administered vaginal swabs and first pass urines: a cross-sectional community-based survey.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01849653 (Self-Obtained Vaginal Swabs for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Self-Obtained Vaginal Swabs for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing: Concurrence in Non-Clinical Settings vs. Clinical Settings
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chlamydia related bacteria (Chlamydiales) in early pregnancy: community-based cohort study.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2017Article
- Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in parturient women in Gipuzkoa, Northern Spain.SpringerPlus · 2016Article
- Young pregnant women's views on the acceptability of screening for chlamydia as part of routine antenatal care.BMC public health · 2010Article
- Cost-effectiveness of screening strategies for Chlamydia trachomatis using cervical swabs, urine, and self-obtained vaginal swabs in a sexually transmitted disease clinic setting.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2008Article
- Chlamydia trachomatis reinfection rates among female adolescents seeking rescreening in school-based health centers.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2008Article
- Testing specimens for Chlamydia trachomatis.Sexually transmitted infections · 2006Review
- Chlamydia screening in primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2004Article
- Bacterial vaginosis and preterm birth: a prospective community-based cohort study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2004Article
- Acceptability, feasibility, equity and resource use for prenatal screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea: A systematic review.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au CanadaArticle
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Abstract
A cross-sectional survey of 1216 newly pregnant women (mean age = 31 years) from 32 general practices and five family planning clinics was conducted to find the prevalence of chlamydial infection and to evaluate self-administered vaginal swabs and first-pass urines for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by ligase chain reaction assay. Overall prevalence of infection was 2.4% (95% CI = 1.5 to 3.3) but in women aged less than 25 years it was 8.6% (95% CI = 4.1 to 12.9) and in pregnant teenagers it was 14.3% (95% CI = 3.7 to 24.9). In 1161 women with both swab and urine results, 25 women were positive on both specimens three on swab alone, and one on urine alone. When asked which they preferred to provide, 47% said urine, 59 swab and 48% preferred both equally. This is the first study to show that non-invasive screening in early pregnancy is feasible in the community. Although swabs detected 10% more infections, nearly half the women preferred providing urine specimens.
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