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Chlamydia testing: where are we now? Recruiting high-risk women to a pilot STI screening trial
  1. Tia Hunjan1,
  2. Sarah R Kerry1,
  3. Rebecca Normansell1,
  4. Philip E Hay2,
  5. Tariq S Sadiq3,
  6. Tim Planche4,
  7. Pippa Oakeshot1
  1. 1Department of Population Health Sciences, St George's University of London, London, UK
  2. 2 Department of G-U Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK
  3. 3 Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London, London, UK
  4. 4 Department of Microbiology, St George's Hospital, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Tia Hunjan, Department of Population Health Sciences, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK; tiahunjan{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051151

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    In their topical editorial, Jain and Ison state that ‘testing (for chlamydia) is a crucial part of any effective control strategy’.1 In January 2013 we conducted a pilot study of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoea testing in female students at Lambeth Further Education College, London to assess recruitment to a possible prevention of pelvic infection-2 screening trial.2

    Two female general practitioners approached consecutive female students in the common room and asked them to help with a women's health study. We explained that only women aged …

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    • Contributors PO and TH designed the study. TP was responsible for the chlamydia testing. TH led the analysis, with input from PO. TH wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and all authors contributed to and approved the final version.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Ethics approval Bromley REC: 12/LO/0855.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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      Sexually Transmitted Infections 2014; 90 75-75 Published Online First: 15 Jan 2014. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051151corr1