Diagnostic efforts for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis infections in Iceland 1982-1994

Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open The results of diagnostic testing for the detection of Chlamydial infections in Iceland during the years 1982 to 1994 were reviewed. During those 13 years 123,461 laboratory tests were performed in 101,5...

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Main Authors: Ólafur Steingrímsson, Jón Hjaltalín Ólafsson, Karl Gústaf Kristinsson, Reynir Tómas Geirsson, Vigfús Þorsteinsson, Ryan, Raymond W
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Læknafélag Íslands, Læknafélag Reykjavíkur 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/68424
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spelling ftlandspitaliuni:oai:www.hirsla.lsh.is:2336/68424 2023-05-15T16:46:04+02:00 Diagnostic efforts for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis infections in Iceland 1982-1994 Ólafur Steingrímsson Jón Hjaltalín Ólafsson Karl Gústaf Kristinsson Reynir Tómas Geirsson Vigfús Þorsteinsson Ryan, Raymond W 2009-05-18 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/68424 en eng Læknafélag Íslands, Læknafélag Reykjavíkur http://www.laeknabladid.is Læknablaðið 1995, 81(7):545-9 0023-7213 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/68424 Læknablaðið Kynsjúkdómar Klamýdía Chlamydia trachomatis Chlamydia Infections Iceland Article 2009 ftlandspitaliuni 2022-05-29T08:21:20Z Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open The results of diagnostic testing for the detection of Chlamydial infections in Iceland during the years 1982 to 1994 were reviewed. During those 13 years 123,461 laboratory tests were performed in 101,574 examinations. These examinations were positive in 14,462 instances. The first diagnostic test to be introduced was cell culture in 1982. From then on the number of examinations and the number of positive examinations increased steadily until 1988, when positive examinations reached a peak at approximately 570 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. In 1990 a sharp decline in both the total number of examinations and positive results was observed. The percentage of positive examinations declined during the study period. In 1991 and 1992 the number of examinations, the number of positive examinations and the percentage of positive examinations increased but the number of positive tests declined again in 1993. In 1994 the polymerase chain reaction assay (PCR) replaced the much less sensitive Chlamydiazyme® assay and the number of positive examinations rose again although the number of tests declined. The dramatic reduction in prevalence experienced in Sweden does not seem to have taken place in Iceland. In Sweden a substantial effort was made to screen asymptomatic populations. In Iceland the screening of asymptomatic patients increased from the beginning of the study period until 1988 but declined thereafter. Screening of asymptomatic populations as well as contact tracing may be important for bringing about a significant reduction of the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive Smella ENVELOPE(29.443,29.443,69.896,69.896)
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Klamýdía
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia Infections
Iceland
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Klamýdía
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia Infections
Iceland
Ólafur Steingrímsson
Jón Hjaltalín Ólafsson
Karl Gústaf Kristinsson
Reynir Tómas Geirsson
Vigfús Þorsteinsson
Ryan, Raymond W
Diagnostic efforts for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis infections in Iceland 1982-1994
topic_facet Kynsjúkdómar
Klamýdía
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia Infections
Iceland
description Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open The results of diagnostic testing for the detection of Chlamydial infections in Iceland during the years 1982 to 1994 were reviewed. During those 13 years 123,461 laboratory tests were performed in 101,574 examinations. These examinations were positive in 14,462 instances. The first diagnostic test to be introduced was cell culture in 1982. From then on the number of examinations and the number of positive examinations increased steadily until 1988, when positive examinations reached a peak at approximately 570 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. In 1990 a sharp decline in both the total number of examinations and positive results was observed. The percentage of positive examinations declined during the study period. In 1991 and 1992 the number of examinations, the number of positive examinations and the percentage of positive examinations increased but the number of positive tests declined again in 1993. In 1994 the polymerase chain reaction assay (PCR) replaced the much less sensitive Chlamydiazyme® assay and the number of positive examinations rose again although the number of tests declined. The dramatic reduction in prevalence experienced in Sweden does not seem to have taken place in Iceland. In Sweden a substantial effort was made to screen asymptomatic populations. In Iceland the screening of asymptomatic patients increased from the beginning of the study period until 1988 but declined thereafter. Screening of asymptomatic populations as well as contact tracing may be important for bringing about a significant reduction of the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Ólafur Steingrímsson
Jón Hjaltalín Ólafsson
Karl Gústaf Kristinsson
Reynir Tómas Geirsson
Vigfús Þorsteinsson
Ryan, Raymond W
author_facet Ólafur Steingrímsson
Jón Hjaltalín Ólafsson
Karl Gústaf Kristinsson
Reynir Tómas Geirsson
Vigfús Þorsteinsson
Ryan, Raymond W
author_sort Ólafur Steingrímsson
title Diagnostic efforts for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis infections in Iceland 1982-1994
title_short Diagnostic efforts for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis infections in Iceland 1982-1994
title_full Diagnostic efforts for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis infections in Iceland 1982-1994
title_fullStr Diagnostic efforts for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis infections in Iceland 1982-1994
title_full_unstemmed Diagnostic efforts for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis infections in Iceland 1982-1994
title_sort diagnostic efforts for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis infections in iceland 1982-1994
publisher Læknafélag Íslands, Læknafélag Reykjavíkur
publishDate 2009
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Læknablaðið 1995, 81(7):545-9
0023-7213
http://hdl.handle.net/2336/68424
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