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Chlamydia sentinel surveillance in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services finds higher testing and positivity rates among younger people

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2012
Objective: To measure chlamydia testing and positivity rates among 16–39 year olds attending Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs).
Jane L. Goller, James Ward, Mark Saunders, Sophie Couzos, John Kaldor, Margaret A. Hellard   +5 more
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The treatment of sexually transmitted infections

South African Family Practice, 2016
The high level of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in South Africa can be attributed to a large number of factors including low socio-economic conditions, social stigma, gender inequalities, inability to access adequate health care systems and lack
Armorel D. van Eyk
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The atypical pneumonias: The South African context

South African Family Practice, 2006
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common clinical presentation in general practice. The prevalence and burden of disease caused by the atypical bacteria (Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila) are not well ...
A.D. Black
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Positive Associations of Chlamydia pneumoniae Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin E Antibodies and Asthma in Iraqi Children

Journal of Preventive, Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies in Medicine, 2023
BACKGROUND: Chlamydia pneumoniae is an intracellular bacterium that causes respiratory tract infection. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to evaluate the association between past C. pneumoniae infection and asthma.
Raghdah Maytham Hameed, Huda Hadi Al-Hasnawi, Haidar Abdul Amir Najim Abood   +2 more
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Chlamydia Infections [PDF]

Workplace Health & Safety, 2019
Increasing rates for chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections pose a global public health issue. Untreated chlamydia infections create an economic burden on the health care system, employers, and society. Occupational and environmental health nurses can help promote health awareness about chlamydia, teach prevention strategies, and encourage
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Chlamydia trachomatis Lipopolysaccharide Evades the Canonical and Noncanonical Inflammatory Pathways To Subvert Innate Immunity

mBio, 2019
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial cause of sexually transmitted infections. C. trachomatis sexually transmitted infections are commonly asymptomatic, implying a pathogenic strategy for the evasion of innate inflammatory immune responses,
Chunfu Yang, Michael Briones, Janice Chiou, Lei Lei, Michael John Patton, Li Ma, Grant McClarty, Harlan D. Caldwell   +7 more
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Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections (Syphilis, N. Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia) in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Indian Journal of Public Health
Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major global public health concern and are linked with human immunodeficiency virus in many ways.
Mili Roopchand Sahay, Kalolini D. Samant, Arvind Kumar Singh, Subhakanta Sahu, Shivangi Das, Hrushikesh Das, Jitendriya Amrit Pritam, Sneha Pattanayak, Abhisek Mishra, Binod Kumar Patro, Baijayantimala Mishra, Sonu H. Subba   +11 more
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Comparing age and sex trends of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, hepatitis and syphilis infections in Samoa in 2012 and 2017

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2020
In Samoa, the seroprevalence rates of sexually transmitted infections other than HIV have been endemically high over the past decade, despite years of prevention programming.
Robert Carney, Michaela Howells, Aaone Tanumafili, Athena Matalavea, Judith Gafa, Leausa Toleafoa Dr Take Naseria   +5 more
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Unveiling the Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) Schemes and Core Genome Phylogenies for Genotyping Chlamydia trachomatis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) has become a useful tool for studying the genetic diversity of important public health pathogens, such as Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct).
Luz H. Patiño, Luz H. Patiño, Milena Camargo, Milena Camargo, Marina Muñoz, Dora I. Ríos-Chaparro, Manuel A. Patarroyo, Manuel A. Patarroyo, Juan D. Ramírez   +8 more
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Bacterial Vaginosis and Sexually Transmitted Infections in an HIV-Positive Cohort

Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) suggest that sexually transmitted infection (STI) surveillance should include other genital infections and not only human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). To
Karina Nava-Memije, Karina Nava-Memije, Cecilia Hernández-Cortez, Cecilia Hernández-Cortez, Verónica Ruiz-González, Claudia A. Saldaña-Juárez, Yazmín Medina-Islas, Roberto A. Dueñas-Domínguez, Ma. Guadalupe Aguilera-Arreola   +8 more
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