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Chlamydia
Home test kits highly effective against STD
July 7th, 2005
Researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have evidence that more than one-third of young women are willing and able to use a free, easily available home test kit to privately and accurately learn if they are infected with Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in this group. Among the women, mostly under age 25, who used the kit - developed by Hopkins - 87% did so by ordering it on the Internet. The kit, which costs about $10 to manufacture, was provided free for study participants. "Our results confirm that home test kits ordered via the Internet provided young women with a safe and effective means for...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-07)
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