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Screening women for asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections is indicated to prevent the spread of CT and the development of complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, tubal infertility, and neonatal pneumonia (major outcomes averted; MOA). Cost effectiveness presents an important aspect in the decision making regarding actual implementation. Recently, in this journal Van Valkengoed et al published a paper on the cost effectiveness of systematic screening among women in Amsterdam (Netherlands), using pharmacoeconomic modelling.1 Using the same model, results on the cost effectiveness of an opportunistic screening in the same city have also been published.2 Specific model assumptions differed in both publications. The aim of this letter is to compare cost effectiveness of systematic and opportunistic screening using similar model assumptions and correcting …