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SynthesisMedicine2018

A PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis on Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Iranian women (1986-2015).

Daem Roshani, Rashid Ramazanzadeh, Fariba Farhadifar, Amjad Ahmadi, Safoura Derakhshan, Samaneh Rouhi, Shamsi Zarea, Farnaz Zandvakili

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Synthesis in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. The role ofIranian journal of microbiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daem RoshaniSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Liver and Digestive Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Student Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
Rashid Ramazanzadeh
Fariba Farhadifar
Amjad Ahmadi
Safoura Derakhshan
Samaneh Rouhi
Shamsi Zarea
Farnaz Zandvakili
Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the cause of genital tract infections in women. Some evidence has shown the role of this infection with CT in spontaneous abortions. The purpose of this study is to study the frequency of CT infection in Iranian women.

methodsThis study was performed based on PRISMA guidelines. A total of 75 articles published in Google Scholar, PubMed, ISI Web of Science, Biological abs, Iranmedex, SID, and Scopus databases were found (1986-2015) using the following keywords: CT in women, CT and Iranian women, CT and infection in Iran, CT and pregnancy in Iran, CT and preterm delivery in Iran, CT and preterm labor in Iran, CT and fertility in Iran, CT and infertility in Iran, and CT and abortion in Iran. Finally, 40 studies from different regions of Iran were included. Statistical analyses were performed using R3 and STATA 12.

resultsFrom 1986 to 2015, the lowest rate of prevalence was from 2010 to 2011 (3.9%) and the highest prevalence rate was in 2009 (69.39%) in northern Iran. Fixed effects for different parts of Iran (North, South, East, and West) were Pooled proportion: 0.13 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.12-0.14) and for samples (cervical, vaginal, urine, and blood) the pooled proportion was = 0.14 (95% CI = 0.12-0.14).

conclusionCT infection in this study was prevalent in urine samples and the rate of CT was observed from culture methods in comparison to other methods. Because women with CT play an important role because of sexual activity for transmission and untreated women are at risk of developing sequels. Also, most studies in Iran use sensitive polymerase chain reaction tests for the detection of genital CT infections.

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Chlamydia InfectionsReproductive Tract InfectionsChlamydia trachomatisFemaleHumansIranPrevalence

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PMID29668583
PMCPMC5916690
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