Screening programmes for chlamydial infection: when will we ever learn?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Home-based versus clinic-based specimen collection in the management of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
   Pooled it
2. Risk of pelvic inflammatory disease following Chlamydia trachomatis infection: analysis of prospective studies with a multistate model.American journal of epidemiology · 2013
   Pooled it
3. Trial protocol: a parallel group, individually randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of a mobile phone application to improve sexual health among youth in Stockholm County.BMC public health · 2018
   Trial
4. Systematic screening with information and home sampling for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in young men and women in Norway: a randomized controlled trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2013
   Trial
5. Effectiveness of yearly, register based screening for chlamydia in the Netherlands: controlled trial with randomised stepped wedge implementation.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2012
   Trial
6. A mixed-effects Bayesian regression model for multivariate group testing data.Biometrics · 2025
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7. Young, deprived women are more at risk of testing positive for Chlamydia trachomatis: Results from a cross-sectional multicentre study in French health examination centres.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024
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8. Regression analysis of group-tested current status data.Biometrika · 2024
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9. Effect of previous Chlamydia Trachomatis infection on the outcomes of ivf/icsi treatment: a retrospective study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022
   Article
10. BMJ open · 2020
    Article
11. Modelling the impact of screening for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in youth and other high-prevalence groups in a resource-limited setting.International journal of public health · 2020
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12. Repeat testing for chlamydia trachomatis, a "safe approach" to unsafe sex? a qualitative exploration among youth in Stockholm.BMC health services research · 2017
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13. The Netherlands Chlamydia cohort study (NECCST) protocol to assess the risk of late complications following Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women.BMC infectious diseases · 2017
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14. Changes in chlamydia control activities in Europe between 2007 and 2012: a cross-national survey.European journal of public health · 2016
    Article
15. School-Based Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening: Review and Programmatic Guidance.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2016
    Review
16. Chlamydia trachomatis load in population-based screening and STI-clinics: implications for screening policy.PloS one · 2015
    Article
17. The views of general practitioners and practice nurses towards the barriers and facilitators of proactive, internet-based chlamydia screening for reaching young heterosexual men.BMC family practice · 2014
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18. Immunity, immunopathology, and human vaccine development against sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2014
    Review
19. Prevalence of chlamydia in young adulthood and association with life course socioeconomic position: birth cohort study.PloS one · 2014
    Article
20. Young men's views toward the barriers and facilitators of Internet-based Chlamydia trachomatis screening: qualitative study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2013
    Article

Corrections and comments

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  Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis.2007
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  Time for action on chlamydia.2007

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