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Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Lithuanian women invited for screening via newspaper advertisement: a pilot study
  1. Marius Domeika,
  2. Anders Hallen,
  3. Odeta Drulyte
  1. Section of Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
  2. Section of Dermato-Venereology
  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klaipeda's Seamen Hospital, Klaipeda, Lithuania

    https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.76.3.216

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      Introduction

      There are only single reports concerning prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Lithuania.1, 2

      The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of C trachomatis infections in a group of Lithuanian women.

      Materials and methods

      Sexually active women, with genital complaints (n = 147), living in the seaport of Klaipeda, Lithuania (400 000 inhabitants) were invited for screening of genital C trachomatis via the local newspaper. The median and mean age of the women tested was 29 years.

      The women were interviewed, examined gynaecologically, and samples taken from the cervix. Genital samples were kept frozen at –70°C for 3 months until transportation to Uppsala and polymerase chain …

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