Chlamydia trachomatis infection and associated risk factors in a low-income marginalized urban population in coastal Peru Infección por Chlamydia trachomatis y factores de riesgo asociados en una población marginal urbana de bajos ingresos de la costa peruana

• Main Authors: Segundo R. León, Kelika A. Konda, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Franca R. Jones, Carlos F. Cáceres, Thomas J. Coates
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2009
• Subjects: Chlamydia trachomatis; enfermedades de transmisión sexual; poblaciones vulnerables; mujeres; Perú; Chlamydia; sexually transmitted diseases; vulnerable populations; women; Peru; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Bajos; De la Costa
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/18957b2472304fe981c9659ff12f4f05

OBJECTIVES: To estimate Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection prevalence and associated risk factors among a low-income marginalized urban population in Peru. METHODS: Between April 2003 and April 2005, men and women at high-risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were recruited from low-inco...