Reviews
Risk factors for genital chlamydial infection
Author(s): Christine Navarro*, Ann Jolly, Rama Nair and Yue Chen
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the occurrence of genital chlamydia in developed countries and review the literature assessing the potential risk factors for this sexually transmitted disease.
DATA SOURCES: A MEDLINE search was performed for all English citations from 1985 to 2000 that contain the keywords “Chlamydia trachomatis”, “chlamydial infections”, “risk factors” and “sex behaviour”. All relevant references cited in articles that were obtained from the search were also included.
DATA EXTRACTION: All articles obtained from the above sources were examined, and were included in the review if they met the following criteria: primary study examining sociodemographic or behavioural risk factors associated with genital chlamydial infection using multivari.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/1488-5069.1000047
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