TY - JOUR
T1 - High yield of reinfections by home-based automatic rescreening of Chlamydia positives in a large-scale register-based screening programme and determinants of repeat infections
AU - Gotz, Hannelore M.
AU - van den Broek, Ingrid V. F.
AU - Hoebe, Christian J. P. A.
AU - Brouwers, Elfi E. H. G.
AU - Pars, Lydia L.
AU - Fennema, Johan S. A.
AU - Koekenbier, Rik H.
AU - van Ravesteijn, Sander
AU - Op de Coul, Eline L. M.
AU - van Bergen, Jan E
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - In a systematic internet-based Chlamydia Screening Implementation Programme in The Netherlands, all chlamydia-positive participants automatically received a testkit after 6 months to facilitate early detection of repeat infections. The authors describe participation in repeat testing and prevalence and determinants of repeat infection during three consecutive annual screening rounds.Data collection included information on testkits sent, samples received and results of laboratory tests at time of baseline test and retest; (sexual) behavioural variables and socio-demographic variables were assessed. Chlamydia positives were requested to answer additional questions about treatment and partner notification 10 days after checking their results.Retest rate was 66.3% (2777/4191). Retest chlamydia positivity was 8.8% (242/2756) compared with a chlamydia positivity at first screening test of 4.1%. Chlamydia positivity was significantly higher in younger age groups (14.6% in 16-19 years, 8.5% and 5.5% in 20-24 and 25-29 years; p
AB - In a systematic internet-based Chlamydia Screening Implementation Programme in The Netherlands, all chlamydia-positive participants automatically received a testkit after 6 months to facilitate early detection of repeat infections. The authors describe participation in repeat testing and prevalence and determinants of repeat infection during three consecutive annual screening rounds.Data collection included information on testkits sent, samples received and results of laboratory tests at time of baseline test and retest; (sexual) behavioural variables and socio-demographic variables were assessed. Chlamydia positives were requested to answer additional questions about treatment and partner notification 10 days after checking their results.Retest rate was 66.3% (2777/4191). Retest chlamydia positivity was 8.8% (242/2756) compared with a chlamydia positivity at first screening test of 4.1%. Chlamydia positivity was significantly higher in younger age groups (14.6% in 16-19 years, 8.5% and 5.5% in 20-24 and 25-29 years; p
U2 - 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050455
DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050455
M3 - Article
SN - 1368-4973
VL - 89
SP - 63
EP - 69
JO - Sexually Transmitted Infections
JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections
IS - 1
ER -