title: Seroprevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women of reproductive age.
abstract: The genital chlamydial infection is the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and major cause of infertility and ectopic pregnancy for millions of women in the world particularly in developing countries. This study was performed to find out the seroprevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) genital infection in women of reproductive age attending the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) during the period from January 2009 to December 2009 through a cross sectional study. A total of 108 serum samples from symptomatic and asymptomatic pregnant and non-pregnant women were tested for CT specific IgG antibody by Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). A total of 31(28.7%) patients were found to have antibody of which 44% (26/59) were from pregnant group and 10.2% (5/49) from non-pregnant group. The seropositivity was 21.6% (16/74) in symptomatic cases and 44.1% (15/34) in asymptomatic cases. The study shows high prevalence of Chlamydial antibody which is common in pregnant and non-pregnant, symptomatic and asymptomatic adult women in Bangladesh. So, screening for chlamydial infection should be done routinely by suitable tests in sexually active symptomatic and asymptomatic women including pregnant women to prevent serious complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: N U
authors.initials: NU
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nahar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalam
authors.forename: U S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Parveen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D055815:Young Adult