Retesting for genital Chlamydia trachomatis among visitors of a sexually transmitted infections clinic: Randomized intervention trial of home- versus clinic-based recall

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Götz, Hannelore M ^a,b   Wolfers, Mireille E G ^a,b   Luijendijk, Ad ^b   van den Broek, Ingrid V F ^c  

^a Rotterdam Rijnmond Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia positivity; Chlamydia trachomatis; Home based testing versus clinic testing; Intervention retesting; Repeated infection; Retest rate; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINIC BASED TESTING; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFECTION; REMINDER SYSTEM; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REPEAT TEST; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNPROTECTED SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SELF CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878010293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-239     Document Type: Article

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