Prevalence and circulant genotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis in university women from cities in the Brazilian Amazon.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately 80% of infected women infected by Chlamydia trachomatis are asymptomatic, although this infection can lead to serious complications in the female reproductive tract. Few data on Chlamydia infection and genotypes are available in Amazonian communities.

Objectives

To describe the prevalence of and associated factors and to identify the genotypes of sexual C. trachomatis infection in female university students in different urban centers (capital and interiors) in the Brazilian state of Pará, in the eastern Amazon region.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was performed among young women attending public universities in four different urban centers in the eastern Amazon region. They were invited to participate in the studt and cervical secretions wer

SUBMITTER: Dos Santos LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10760737 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature