Chlamydia Infection in Street Youth: Need for More Aggressive Screening Programs

R Tam; N MacDonald; S Feder; L Giglia; R Peeling; P Gully; B Toye; J Doherty

doi:10.1155/1996/475132

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1996)

Chlamydia Infection in Street Youth: Need for More Aggressive Screening Programs

R Tam,
N MacDonald,
S Feder,
L Giglia,
R Peeling,
P Gully,
B Toye,
J Doherty

Affiliations

R Tam: Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
N MacDonald: Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
S Feder: Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
L Giglia: Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
R Peeling
P Gully: Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
B Toye: Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Doherty: Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1996/475132
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 49 – 52

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: To determine, first, the sexual practices among street youth in the Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario region; second, the percentage of street youth who report previous sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening; and third, the rate of previous infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in this population.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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