Genotyping of Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis in Regional New South Wales, Australia

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS IS THE MOST common cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections worldwide. Pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility in women, and occasionally epididymitis in men, complicate infection. Chlamydia also acts as a marker of increased risk for human imm...

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Published in:Sexually transmitted diseases 2008-06, Vol.35 (6), p.614-616
Main Authors: MOSSMAN, DAVID, BEAGLEY, KENNETH W., LANDAY, ALAN L., LOEWENTHAL, MARK, OOI, CATRIONA, TIMMS, PETER, BOYLE, MICHAEL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the genital system
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - genetics
Biological and medical sciences
Chlamydia Infections - epidemiology
Chlamydia Infections - immunology
Chlamydia Infections - microbiology
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis - classification
Chlamydia trachomatis - genetics
Chlamydia trachomatis - isolation & purification
Cohort Studies
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
DNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
Female
General aspects
Genotype
Human bacterial diseases
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
New South Wales - epidemiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Urogenital System - microbiology
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Summary:CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS IS THE MOST common cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections worldwide. Pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility in women, and occasionally epididymitis in men, complicate infection. Chlamydia also acts as a marker of increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection and may directly contribute to human immunodeficiency virus infection. super(1,2) The prevalence of C. trachomatis has been rising rapidly in most developed countries, including Australia. In New South Wales where this study was conducted, the population rate of C. trachomatis infection doubled between 1996 and 2000, and then doubled again between 2001 and 2005 (national center report).
ISSN:0148-5717
1537-4521
DOI:10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31816b1b80