| Autor: |
Nguyen, Meeta S., Ratelle, Sylvie, Tang, Yuren, Whelan, Michael, Etkind, Paul, Lincoln, Thomas, Dumas, William |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of Correctional Health Care; Oct2004, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p543-554, 12p |
| Abstrakt: |
The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among 3,026 asymptomatic males tested on urine with the ligase chain reaction (LCR) was 5.9%. Only 13.7%, 5.6%, and 1.5% of men reported having, respectively, two or more sex partners, a new sex partner, or an STD contact in the last 60 days. Age was an important predictor of infection. Compared to universal testing, screening all men less than 30 years of age and only older men with risk factors identified 90.4% of infections while testing 56.9% of males. Adopting this screening strategy will result in significant savings while identifying the majority of infections. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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