Association of Chlamydia trachomatis serology with tubal infertility in Nigerian women

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 688-695

  Omo Aghoja, Lawrence O ^a   Okonofua, Friday E ^b,c,d   Onemu, Samson O ^b,c   Larsen, Ulla ^e   Bergstrom, Staffan ^d  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^c Women's Health and Action Research Center   (Nigeria)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia antibody titers; Gynecologic symptoms; Health seeking behavior; Nigerian women; Pregnant controls; Sexual and contraceptive history; Tubal factor infertility

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548537524     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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