Risk factors associated with gonorrhea and chlamydia transmission in selected health facilities in Ghana
العنوان: | Risk factors associated with gonorrhea and chlamydia transmission in selected health facilities in Ghana |
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المؤلفون: | Helena Dela, John Carroll, Andrew G. Letizia, Selassie Kumordjie, Christopher A. Duplessis, Naiki Attram, Kwasi Kennedy Addo, Nehkonti Adams, Edward Nyarko, Eric Garges, Nicholas N. A. Kyei, Eric Behene, Cynthia Kwakye |
المصدر: | BMC Infectious Diseases BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019) |
سنة النشر: | 2018 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, 030106 microbiology, Gonorrhea, medicine.disease_cause, urologic and male genital diseases, Ghana, STIs, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, law.invention, Condoms, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Condom, law, Environmental health, Surveys and Questionnaires, Epidemiology, medicine, Prevalence, Humans, lcsh:RC109-216, 030212 general & internal medicine, Chlamydia, business.industry, Public health, Chlamydia Infections, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, Infectious Diseases, Logistic Models, Risk factors, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Marital status, Female, Health Facilities, business, Chlamydia trachomatis, Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques, Research Article |
الوصف: | Background Understanding the underlying epidemiology that shapes Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC), and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections can contribute to data driven policies directed towards curbing the proliferation of these pathogens in Ghana. Information on the symptoms and risk factors for STIs will help to identify high-risk individuals which will in turn inform STI syndromic management and tailor the use of public health resources. Methods Participants were from 4 military clinics and 1 civilian STI clinic in Ghana and eligible if they had symptoms suggestive of STI. First void urine samples were collected and tested with Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT). A structured questionnaire was administered to all participants. Multivariate logistic regression identified factors associated with infection, separately for NG and for CT and for men and women. Results A total of 950 patients, 58% of whom were females were enrolled, 28% had gonorrhea and 11% had chlamydia with more males testing positive than females. Reported symptoms that were more common among patients who tested positive for gonorrhea were painful urination and urethral discharge (all P values |
تدمد: | 1471-2334 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::cbee2631e33e99b08e71ee097e279815 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31096920 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....cbee2631e33e99b08e71ee097e279815 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 14712334 |
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