Open AccessPrevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in women attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in the Colombo district, Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Gunasekera Henadira Appuhamilage Kamani Mangalika,
Silva Koththigoda Cankanamge Dhammike Priyadarshana,
Shamini Prathapan,
Mananwatte Sujatha,
Weerasinghe Geeganage,
Abeygunasekera Nalaka
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.130898
Subject(s) - medicine , chlamydia trachomatis , sri lanka , chlamydia , sexually transmitted disease , population , gynecology , demography , family medicine , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , south asia , syphilis , ethnology , sociology , history
In Sri Lanka little is known about the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection. Objective was to determine the prevalence of CT in female patients attending sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in the Colombo district.