Open AccessSeropidemiological study of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in blood donors from the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Author(s) -
José dos Santos Lessa Filho
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
revista de ciências médicas e biológicas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2236-5222
pISSN - 1677-5090
DOI - 10.9771/cmbio.v9i2.4945
Subject(s) - physics
Normal 021false false falsePT-BR X-NONE X-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4The prevalence of antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis and epidemiological factors associate with the chlamydial infection were studied in donors of a blood bank located in Porto Alegre – RS/Brazil. In a total number of 494 blood samples, 149 (30.2%) were positive for C. trachomatis , 105 (28.2%) from males and 44 (36.4%) from females. The higher risk to acquire chlamydial infections was observed in 28-32-year old females with past clinical history of amniotic sac rupture and premature newborn as well as 23-27-year old males with past clinical history of gonorrhea and/or other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).