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A social marketing perspective of young people’s sexual health [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel UniversityBACGROUND:Unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among young people are priority public health issues in the UK.
Wakhisi, Anthony Simiyu
core   +7 more sources

Frequency and risk factors for incident and redetected Chlamydia trachomatis infection in sexually active, young, multi-ethnic women: a community based cohort study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency and risk factors for incident and redetected Chlamydia trachomatis infection in sexually active, young, multi-ethnic women in the community. DESIGN: Cohort study.
Jensen, JS   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Timing of progression from Chlamydia trachomatis infection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) results from the ascending spread of microorganisms from the vagina and endocervix to the upper genital tract. PID can lead to infertility, ectopic pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain. The timing of development
Herzog, Sereina A   +28 more
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Whole-genome analysis of diverse Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies phylogenetic relationships masked by current clinical typing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Chlamydia trachomatis is responsible for both trachoma and sexually transmitted infections, causing substantial morbidity and economic cost globally. Despite this, our knowledge of its population and evolutionary genetics is limited.
Cutcliffe, Lesley T.   +138 more
core   +2 more sources

Mcl-1 is a key regulator of apoptosis resistance in Chlamydia trachomatis-infected cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacteria that cause variety of human diseases. Host cells infected with Chlamydia are protected against many different apoptotic stimuli.
Manu Sharma   +27 more
core   +2 more sources

Randomised controlled trial of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease: the POPI (prevention of pelvic infection) trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether screening and treating women for chlamydial infection reduces the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease over the subsequent 12 months. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial.
Atherton, H   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis among women of reproductive age attending outpatient clinic at Kisumu County Referral Hospital, Kenya, 2021

open access: yesJournal of Public Health in Africa, 2022
Background. Chlamydia trachomatis is a common a sexually transmitted infections (STI). Asymptomatic Chlamydia is undetectable because it is asymptomatic. In Kenyan women ages 18 to 49, the disease is poorly understood. Methods.
Martha Nyakambi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chlamydiae in febrile children with respiratory tract symptoms and age-matched controls, Ghana

open access: yesNew Microbes and New Infections, 2018
Members of the Chlamydiales order are obligate intracellular pathogens causing acute and chronic infectious diseases. Chlamydiaceae are established agents of community- and zoonotically acquired respiratory tract infections, and emerging pathogens among ...
H. Bühl   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Penicillin kills chlamydia following the fusion of bacteria with Lysosomes and prevents genital inflammatory lesions in C. muridarum-infected mice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia exists as two distinct forms. Elementary bodies (EBs) are infectious and extra-cellular, whereas reticulate bodies (RBs) replicate within a specialized intracellular compartment termed an ‘inclusion ...
Le Gall, SM   +41 more
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Chlamydia trachomatis incidence and re-infection among young women--behavioural and microbiological characteristics.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundThis study aimed to estimate rates of chlamydia incidence and re-infection and to investigate the dynamics of chlamydia organism load in prevalent, incident and re-infections among young Australian women.Methods1,116 women aged 16 to 25 years ...
Jennifer Walker   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

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