Open AccessPrevalencia de Chlamydia trachomatis y Neisseria gonorrhoeae en adolescentes de colegios de la zona Sabana Centro de Cundinamarca, Colombia
Author(s) -
María Cecilia Paredes,
Yenny Gómez,
A Torres,
María Cecilia Fernández,
María Tovar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
biomédica/biomedica
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2590-7379
pISSN - 0120-4157
DOI - 10.7705/biomedica.v35i3.2398
Subject(s) - chlamydia trachomatis , neisseria gonorrhoeae , medicine , asymptomatic , epidemiology , gynecology , chlamydia , sexually transmitted disease , demography , environmental health , obstetrics , biology , syphilis , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , sociology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Infections by Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are the two most common bacterial sexually transmitted infections in the world. These infections affect principally less than 25-year-old individuals with sexual, reproductive and maternal and child health consequences.