Chlamydia trachomatis IgG seroprevalence in the general population of the Netherlands in 1996 and in 2007: Differential changes by gender and age

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 434-440

  Van Aar, F ^a   De Moraes, M ^a   Morre S A ^b,c   Van Bergen, J E A M ^a,d,e   Van Der Klis, F R M ^a   Land, J A ^f   Van Der Sande, M A B ^a,g   Van Den Broek, I V F ^a  

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

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM USE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); SEROLOGY; SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84904654730     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051074     Document Type: Article

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