ArticleBMC public health2011
Urine-based testing for Chlamydia trachomatis among young adults in a population-based survey in Croatia: feasibility and prevalence.
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- Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the general population: a meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Pooled it
- Socioeconomic factors and other sources of variation in the prevalence of genital chlamydia infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
- Genital chlamydia prevalence in Europe and non-European high income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Chlamydia prevalence in the general population: is there a sex difference? a systematic review.BMC infectious diseases · 2013Pooled it
- Tracking Chlamydia and Syphilis in the Detroit Metro Area by Molecular Analysis of Environmental Samples.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Knowledge about and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in a population-based sample of emerging Croatian adults.PloS one · 2023Article
- Associations between adolescents' use of sexually explicit material and risky sexual behavior: A longitudinal assessment.PloS one · 2019Article
- GenitalEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2018Article
- Population-based study of chlamydial and gonococcal infections among women in Shenzhen, China: Implications for programme planning.PloS one · 2018Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of chlamydia infection in Hong Kong: A population-based geospatial household survey and testing.PloS one · 2017Article
- Chlamydia trachomatis and Genital Mycoplasmas: Pathogens with an Impact on Human Reproductive Health.Journal of pathogens · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundWe assessed the feasibility of collecting urine samples for testing on genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a population-based survey, and prevalence of this infection among young people aged 18-25 in Croatia. In Croatia, as in the other countries of Eastern Europe, there is a lack of data on prevalence of C. trachomatis in the general population, including young adults.
methodsWe sampled participants using a nationally representative, multi-stage stratified probability sample of young men and women. Detection of C. trachomatis DNA in urine samples was performed by using a real-time PCR assay COBAS® TaqMan® CT Test, v2.0.
resultsOverall, 1005 young adults participated in the behavioural part of the survey, and 27.9% men and 37.5% women who were sexually experienced agreed to provide urine samples for testing on C. trachomatis. Using multivariate analysis, women were significantly more likely to provide urine samples than men (aOR = 1.53, 95% CI 1.14-2.06) as were those who reported no condom use at last intercourse (aOR = 1.95, 95% CI 1.44-2.62). Prevalence of C. trachomatis infection among those who were sexually experienced was 7.3% in men and 5.3% in women.
conclusionsPopulation-based surveys that use probabilistic sampling are a feasible way to obtain population estimates of C. trachomatis prevalence among young adults in Croatia, but it is challenging to obtain an adequate response rate. The prevalence of C. trachomatis among young adults in Croatia found in this study was higher than that found in other European countries with similar survey response rates.
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