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Benefit of adjunct universal rectal screening for Chlamydia genital infections in women attending Canadian sexually transmitted infection clinics
Adding universal rectal screening to urogenital screening should positively impact rectal Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) incidence in affected populations. A dynamic Markov model was used to evaluate costs and outcomes of three rectal CT screening strategies among women attending sexually transmitted infection clinics in Alberta, Canada: universal urogenital-only screening (UG-only), additional selected (exposure-based) rectal screening (UG+SR), and additional universal rectal screening (UG+UR).
Publication Type: Journal Articles
Year of Publication: 2017
Topics: Health Economics / Healthcare Costs, Infectious Diseases, Screening
Authors: Thanh Nguyen, Ilke Akpinar, Jennifer Gratrix, Sabrina Plitt, Petra Smyczek, Ron Read, Philip Jacobs, Tom Wong, Ameeta E Singh
ISSN: 0956-4624
ISSN (online): 1758-1052
Journal Title: International Journal of STD & AIDS
Volume: 0
Issue: 0
Pages: 1-14