Study on Chlamydia trachomatis infection among students and pregnant women in Japan: a step toward developing a reliable method for sexual behavior study.
2450 sera from students and 5215 sera from pregnant women were examined for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) antibody. CT antibody positive rates were less than 5% with the students and 24.5% with the pregnant women suggesting the latter is significantly higher than former. The results provided a base for discussing possibility of using CT infection as a reliable method for studying sexual behavior.
Umenai
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Department of Health Policy and Planning, Graduate School of International Health, The University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine, Japan. umenai@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Sakano
S
S
Suzuki
H
H
Mizuta
K
K
Yanagiya
T
T
Hiroi
M
M
Kikuchi
H
H
Nakamura
H
H
Miura
H
H
Hamada
A
A
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial