title: Advances in sampling and screening for chlamydia.
abstract: Chlamydia is the most commonly diagnosed bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the developed world, with diagnosis rates continuing to increase each year. As chlamydia is largely asymptomatic, screening and treatment is the main way to detect cases and reduce transmission. Recent advances in self-collected specimens and laboratory tests has made chlamydia screening easier to implement as well as possible in nonclinical settings. This review will discuss new approaches to specimen collection and how these have expanded opportunities for reaching target populations for chlamydia screening. Furthermore, it will discuss how advanced molecular microbiological methods can be used with self-collected specimens to further our knowledge of the epidemiology of chlamydia and the dynamics of transmission.
authors: Centre for Women's Health, Gender & Society, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Jane S
authors: JS
authors: Hocking
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Guy
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Walker
authors: Sepehr N
authors: SN
authors: Tabrizi
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002689:Chlamydia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods; D012646:Self Administration / Q000379:methods; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*