High prevalence of sexual Chlamydia trachomatis infection in young women from Marajó Island, in the Brazilian Amazon.

<h4>Background</h4>Chlamydia trachomatis is the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world. Approximately 80% of infected women are asymptomatic, although this infection can lead to serious complications in the female reproductive tract. Few data on Chlamy...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Miranda Dos Santos, Maria Renata Mendonça Dos Santos Vieira, Jéssica Fernanda Galdino Oliveira, Josinaide Quaresma Trindade, Danielle Murici Brasiliense, Stephen Francis Ferrari, Mihoko Yamamoto Tsutsumi, Hellen Thais Fuzii, Edivaldo Costa Sousa Junior, Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa, Ricardo Ishak, Maísa Silva de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207853