Prevalence of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infection in sexually active adolescents from Salvador, Brazil

The incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents is increasing worldwide. Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases in young women, and undetected disease is highly associated with long-term complications in women. Our goal was...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Márcia Sacramento Cunha Machado, Bruno Fernando Borges da Costa e Silva, Igor Logetto Caetité Gomes, Iuri Usêda Santana, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000200015&lng=en&tlng=en