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Chlamydia Trachomatis
Data from screening pilot study suggest annual rescreening for young people
March 3rd, 2005
Three-year data from a screening pilot study on chlamydiosis in the U.K. prompted researchers to recommend that young people ages 16 to 24 be screened annually for Chlamydia trachomatis infection. According to V.F. Lee and colleagues, St. Mary's Hospital, London, "Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the U.K. The Department of Health set up an opportunistic screening program for genital Chlamydia infection, focusing on sexually active 16- to 24-year-old women and some men." This study identified those patients reattending the genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic and followed...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-03)
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