title: Gonorrhoea screening programme.
abstract: In a 12-month period, a gonorrhoea screening programme was carried out and 192,983 cultures were collected from various sources in Tennessee; 7% were positive for gonococci. The positivity rate varied from 31-7% in veneral disease clinics to 0-5% in military dependants. The low yield of positive results in certain population groups suggests that selective groups of persons at high risk of infection with gonorrhoea.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013714:Tennessee; D013997:Time Factors