Publication of report on chlamydia control activities in Europe

N Low; Screening for Chlamydia Review in Europe (SCREen) project team

doi:10.2807/ese.13.28.18924-en

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Publication of report on chlamydia control activities in Europe
N Low¹ , Screening for Chlamydia Review in Europe (SCREen) project team²
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Affiliations: ¹ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland ² SCREen project team: B Andersen, Aarhus, Denmark; N Bender, A Martin Hilber, N Low, Bern, Switzerland; JA Cassell, Brighton, United Kingdom; F Dubois-Arber, B Spencer, Lausanne, Switzerland; B Herrmann, Uppsala, Sweden; JM Stephenson, London, United Kingdom, J van Bergen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Low N, Screening for Chlamydia Review in Europe (SCREen) project team. Publication of report on chlamydia control activities in Europe. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(28):pii=18924. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.28.18924-en Received: 08 Jul 2008

Abstract

Controlling sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis in Europe is important because it is one of the most common notifiable infections in many European and other industrialised countries. Prevalence is highest in young sexually active adults, with infection rates of 2-6% estimated in population-based studies among under 30 year-olds in the Netherlands [1], Denmark [2], and the United Kingdom (UK) [3]. Untreated genital chlamydia infections can cause tubal infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain in women and epididymo-orchitis in men [4]. During pregnancy, chlamydia infections are associated with adverse outcomes and neonatal infections [4]. HIV infection is also transmitted more easily in the presence of co-infection with Chlamydia [4].