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Prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in young women in South London
  1. A Aghaizu1,
  2. H Atherton2,
  3. H Mallinson3,
  4. I Simms4,
  5. S Kerry1,
  6. P E Hay5,
  7. P Oakeshott1
  1. 1
    Community Health Sciences, St George’s, University of London, London, UK
  2. 2
    Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK
  3. 3
    Health Protection Agency, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
  4. 4
    Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK
  5. 5
    Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St George’s, University of London, UK
  1. Adamma Aghaizu, Community Health Sciences, St George’s, University of London, SW17 0RE, UK; aaghaizu{at}sgul.ac.uk

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Gopal Rao et al found a high prevalence of gonorrhoea infection (3.8%) in women aged <25 years attending community sexual and reproductive health clinics in South London.1 As Barlow highlights in his accompanying commentary, there is a dearth of studies on gonorrhoea prevalence and natural history.2 Our preliminary results from a community based study in a similar part of London may provide comparative data.

The Prevention of Pelvic Infection (POPI) trial aims to see if screening and treatment for chlamydia reduces the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease over 12 months. Participants comprise 2530 sexually active female students; 40% from ethnic minorities; mean …

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  • Funding: The BUPA Foundation and the Medical Research Council.

  • Competing interests: None.

  • Ethics approval: Ethics approval was obtained from Bromley Research Ethics Committee (07/Q0705/16).