SynthesisBMC infectious diseases2013
Chlamydia prevalence in the general population: is there a sex difference? a systematic review.
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- What is the effectiveness of community-based health promotion campaigns on chlamydia screening uptake in young people and what barriers and facilitators have been identified? A mixed-methods systematic review.Sexually transmitted infections · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis infection among reproductive age women in sub Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Pooled it
- Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pathogens and global health · 2015Pooled 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
- Murine modeling of menstruation identifies immune correlates of protection during Chlamydia muridarum challenge.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
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- Differences between males and females in infectious diseases notifications in the EU/EEA, 2012 to 2021.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024Article
- The conneXion between sex and immune responses.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2024Review
- Clinical performance of AI-integrated risk assessment pooling reveals cost savings even at high prevalence of COVID-19.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Prevalence ofBiomedical reports · 2023Article
- Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence in females in São Paulo, Brazil: 11 years' surveillance of the infection.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in the general population in Germany - a triangulation of data from two population-based health surveys and a laboratory sentinel system.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Ureaplasma urealyticum, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in gynecological outpatients, Taizhou, China.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2020Article
- Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Pap Smear Samples from South Khorasan Province of Iran.International journal of fertility & sterility · 2018Article
- Microbiota-based analysis reveals specific bacterial traits and a novel strategy for the diagnosis of infectious infertility.PloS one · 2018Article
- Comparative study in infertile couples with and without Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection.Reproductive health · 2017Article
- Erroneously Suspected Ovarian Cancer in a 38-Year-Old Woman with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Chlamydia.Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology · 2017Article
- Prevalence of chlamydia among HIV positive and HIV negative patients in the Vhembe District as detected by real time PCR from urine samples.BMC research notes · 2016Article
- Bacterial vaginosis: a synthesis of the literature on etiology, prevalence, risk factors, and relationship with chlamydia and gonorrhea infections.Military Medical Research · 2016Review
- 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 · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe focus of Chlamydia trachomatis screening and testing lies more on women than on men. The study aim was to establish by systematic review the prevalence of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in men and women in the general population.
methodsElectronic databases and reference lists were searched from 2000 to 2013 using the key words "Chlamydia trachomatis", "population-based study" and "disease prevalence". Reference lists were checked. Studies were included in the analysis if Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence was reported for both men and women in a population-based study. Prevalence rates for men and women were described as well as highest prevalence rate by age and sex. The difference in prevalence between the sexes in each study was calculated.
resultsTwenty-five studies met the inclusion criteria and quality assessment for the review. In nine of the twenty-five studies there was a statistically significant sex difference in the chlamydia prevalence. In all nine studies the prevalence of chlamydia was higher in women than in men. The prevalence for women varied from 1.1% to 10.6% and for men from 0.1% to 12.1%. The average chlamydia prevalence is highly variable between countries. The highest prevalence of chlamydia occurred predominantly in younger age groups (< 25 years). The absence of symptoms in population-based urogenital chlamydia infection is common in men and women (mean 88.5% versus 68.3%).
conclusionsThe urogenital chlamydia trachomatis prevalence in the general population is more similar than dissimilar for men and women. A modest sex difference is apparent. The prevalence rates can be used to inform chlamydia screening strategies in general practice.
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