Open AccessChlamydia Positivity Versus Prevalence
Author(s) -
Linda Webster Dicker,
Debra J. Mosure,
William C. Levine
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/00007435-199805000-00006
Subject(s) - medicine , chlamydia , sexually transmitted disease , demography , prevalence , chlamydia trachomatis , family planning , gynecology , epidemiology , family medicine , immunology , environmental health , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , research methodology , syphilis , sociology
Data on chlamydia screening collected as part of Regional Infertility Prevention Projects often do not include personal identifiers, therefore repeat tests for patients during a year cannot be identified. Consequently, positivity is calculated and used to monitor chlamydia prevalence.