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Prevalence of genital Chlamydia infection in urban women of reproductive age, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Obtaining self-samples to diagnose curable sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review of patients' experiences.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
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- Prevalence and factors associated with gonorrhea infection with respect to anatomic distributions among men who have sex with men.PloS one · 2019Article
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- Education, early screening and treatment of STIs could reduce infertility among women in Kenya.Facts, views & vision in ObGyn · 2017Article
- Lost opportunity to save newborn lives: variable national antenatal screening policies for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2017Article
- High prevalence of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in a rural county hospital in Kilifi, Kenya.PloS one · 2017Article
- Sero-epidemiological assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sub-fertility in Samoan women.BMC infectious diseases · 2016Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of three curable sexually transmitted infections among women in Nairobi, Kenya.BMC research notes · 2016Article
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- Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Kenya - sexually transmitted and ocular infections: a scoping review.Therapeutic advances in reproductive healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundChlamydia trachomatis is one of the major causes of sexually transmitted infections throughout the world. Most infections are asymptomatic and remain undetected. Burden of disease in the Kenyan population is not well characterised. This study was done to define the prevalence of genital Chlamydia infection in a representative female population.
findingsA cross-sectional study design was employed. All women attending out-patient clinics (antenatal, gynaecology, family planning) and accident and emergency departments at two study sites over a five month period were invited to consent to completion of a questionnaire and vaginal swab collection. A rapid point-of-care immunoassay based test was performed on the swabs. Women who tested positive for Chlamydia were offered treatment, together with their partner(s), and advised to come for a follow-up test.A total of 300 women were tested. The prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis was found to be 6% (95% CI 3.31% - 8.69%). The prevalence was higher in women who represented a higher socioeconomic level, but this difference was not significant (p=0.061). Use of vaginal swabs was observed to be a more acceptable form of sample collection.
conclusionThe prevalence of genital Chlamydia is significant in our female population. There is a justifiable need to institute opportunistic screening programs to reduce the burden of this disease. Rapid and low cost point-of-care testing as a potential component of sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening can be utilised.
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