title: Study on Chlamydia trachomatis infection among students and pregnant women in Japan: a step toward developing a reliable method for sexual behavior study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umenai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiroi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamada
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial