Sexually Transmitted Infections: 83 (4)

Editorials

Focus on chlamydia (30 July, 2007)
Nicola Low, Helen Ward
A new genetic variant of Chlamydia trachomatis (30 July, 2007)
Björn Herrmann
STI in the digital age (30 July, 2007)
D Mitchell

Brief Encounters

Brief Encounters (30 July, 2007)
Nicola Low

Epidemiological review

Sexually transmitted diseases in the USA: temporal trends (30 July, 2007)
Sevgi O Aral, Kevin A Fenton, King K Holmes

Screening

The cost effectiveness of opportunistic chlamydia screening in England (2 May, 2007) Free
Elisabeth J Adams, Katherine M E Turner, W John Edmunds
Healthcare and patient costs of a proactive chlamydia screening programme: the Chlamydia Screening Studies project (17 January, 2007)
Suzanne Robinson, Tracy Roberts, Pelham Barton, Stirling Bryan, John Macleod, Anne McCarthy, Matthias Egger, Emma Sanford, Nicola Low
Opportunistic screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in men attending three different secondary healthcare settings (21 February, 2007)
S Sripada, S Logan, S McGillivray, H Mckenzie, A Templeton, M Hamilton, A Sutherland, S Bhattacharya
Home screening for sexually transmitted diseases in high-risk young women: randomised controlled trial (14 February, 2007) Free
Robert L Cook, Lars Østergaard, Sharon L Hillier, Pamela J Murray, Chung-Chou H Chang, Diane M Comer, Roberta B Ness

Reinfection

Incidence and reinfection rates of genital chlamydial infection among women aged 16–24 years attending general practice, family planning and genitourinary medicine clinics in England: a prospective cohort study by the Chlamydia Recall Study Advisory Group (18 October, 2006)
D Scott LaMontagne, Kathleen Baster, Lynsey Emmett, Tom Nichols, Sarah Randall, Louise McLean, Paula Meredith, Veerakathy Harindra, Jean M Tobin, Gillian S Underhill, W Graham Hewitt, Jennifer Hopwood, Toni Gleave, Ajit K Ghosh, Harry Mallinson, Alisha R Davies, Gwenda Hughes, Kevin A Fenton
Chlamydial and gonococcal reinfection among men: a systematic review of data to evaluate the need for retesting (13 December, 2006)
Monica Fung, Katherine C Scott, Charlotte K Kent, Jeffrey D Klausner

In practice

Use of a primary care database to determine trends in genital chlamydia testing, diagnostic episodes and management in UK general practice, 1990–2004 (14 March, 2007)
Gwenda Hughes, Tim Williams, Ian Simms, Catherine Mercer, Kevin Fenton, Jackie Cassell

Natural history

Pregnancy outcomes in women infected with Chlamydia trachomatis: a population-based cohort study in Washington State (7 March, 2007)
Magaly M Blas, Fredy A Canchihuaman, Isaac E Alva, Stephen E Hawes
A serological study of the role of Mycoplasma genitalium in pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy (2 May, 2007)
Margaretha Jurstrand, Jørgen Skov Jensen, Anders Magnuson, Francis Kamwendo, Hans Fredlund

Epidemiological update

Update on lymphogranuloma venereum in the United Kingdom (25 June, 2007)
Heather Jebbari, Sarah Alexander, Helen Ward, Barry Evans, Maria Solomou, Alicia Thornton, Gillian Dean, John White, Patrick French, Catherine Ison

Diagnostics

Confirming the Chlamydia trachomatis status of referred rectal specimens (2 May, 2007)
Sarah Alexander, Iona Martin, Catherine Ison
The use of serological titres of IgA and IgG in (early) discrimination between rectal infection with non-lymphogranuloma venereum and lymphogranuloma venereum serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis (2 May, 2007)
Eric M van der Snoek, Jacobus M Ossewaarde, Willem I van der Meijden, Paul G H Mulder, H Bing Thio
Should we consider alternatives to combined cervical and urethral swabs for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in females? (4 July, 2007)
M Mahto, H Mallinson

Case report

First case of “bubonulus” in L2 lymphogranuloma venerum (30 July, 2007)
Nathalie Spenatto, Serge Boulinguez, Bertille de Barbeyrac, Roland Viraben

New variant

Chlamydia trachomatis variant not detected by plasmid based nucleic acid amplification tests: molecular characterisation and failure of single dose azithromycin (13 June, 2007)
Jose Paolo V Magbanua, Beng Tin Goh, Claude-Edouard Michel, Aura Aguirre-Andreasen, Sarah Alexander, Ines Ushiro-Lumb, Catherine Ison, Helen Lee

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July 2007 - Volume 83 - 4

Editorials

Brief Encounters

Epidemiological review

Screening

Reinfection

In practice

Natural history

Epidemiological update

Diagnostics

Case report

New variant

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Table of contents

July 2007 - Volume 83 - 4

Editorials

Brief Encounters

Epidemiological review

Screening

Reinfection

In practice

Natural history

Epidemiological update

Diagnostics

Case report

New variant

Issue Information