High prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in pregnant women attended at Primary Health Care services in Amazon, Brazil

ABSTRACT Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection is often silent and can lead to long-term reproductive complications in women. In this study, we determined the prevalence of CT infection and possible associations between the presence of the infection and clinical-epidemiological variables in pregnant...

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Main Authors: Maria Joana Nunes de Azevedo, Suzana dos Santos Nunes, Fabyanne Guimarães de Oliveira, Danielle Albuquerque Pires Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2019-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652019005000201&lng=en&tlng=en