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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2017

Establishment of a voluntary electronic Chlamydia trachomatis laboratory surveillance system in Germany, 2008 to 2014.

Sandra Dudareva-Vizule, Karin Haar, Andrea Sailer, Klaus Jansen, Osamah Hamouda, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Carsten Tiemann, Eberhard Pape, Viviane Bremer, Chlamydia trachomatis laboratory sentinel team

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Sandra Dudareva-VizuleDepartment for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Karin HaarDepartment for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Andrea SailerDepartment for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Klaus JansenDepartment for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Osamah HamoudaDepartment for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Hilmar WisplinghoffWisplinghoff Laboratories, Cologne, Germany.
Carsten TiemannLabor Krone, Bad Salzuflen, Germany.
Eberhard PapeDepartment for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Viviane BremerDepartment for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Chlamydia trachomatis laboratory sentinel teamThe Chlamydia trachomatis laboratory sentinel team is listed at the end of the article.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections are not reportable in Germany and limited data on prevalence are available. CT screening has been offered free of charge to pregnant women since 1995 and to all women under 25 years since 2008. For symptomatic women and men, diagnostic testing is covered by statutory health insurance. We describe the establishment of a nationwide, laboratory-based, voluntary sentinel that electronically collects information on all performed CT tests with test results, test reason and patient information. The sentinel represents one third of all performed CT tests in Germany. In the period from 2008 to 2014, 3,877,588 CT tests were reported, 93% in women. Women aged 20-24 years and men aged 25-29 years were the most frequently tested age groups. The overall proportion of positive tests (PPT) among women was 3.9% and among men 11.0%. The highest PPT among women was in the age groups 15-19 (6.8%) and 20-24 years (5.9%), and among men in the age groups 20-24 (19.2%), 15-19 (15.4%) and 25-29 years (14.8%). The PPT for CT was high among women and men younger than 25 years. Prevention is urgently needed. Monitoring of CT infection in Germany should be continued.

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PMCPMC5316906

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