Genital chlamydia prevalence in Europe and Non-European high income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Redmond, Shelagh M ^a   Alexander Kisslig, Karin ^a   Woodhall, Sarah C ^b   Van Den Broek, Ingrid V F ^c   Van Bergen, Jan ^d   Ward, Helen ^e   Uusküla, Anneli ^f   Herrmann, Björn ^g   Andersen, Berit ^h   Götz, Hannelore M ⁱ   Sfetcu, Otilia ^j   Low, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h RANDERS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^j EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921803841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115753     Document Type: Review

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