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Identifying youth at high risk for sexually transmitted infections in community-based settings using a risk prediction tool: a validation study
- Source :
- BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021), BMC Infectious Diseases
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: Chlamydia trachomatis(CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) are the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) worldwide. In the absence of affordable point-of-care STI tests, WHO recommends STI testing based on risk factors. This study aimed to develop a prediction tool with a sensitivity of >90% and efficiency (defined as the percentage of individuals that are eligible for diagnostic testing) of
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Sexual Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Chlamydia trachomatis
HIV Infections
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Logistic regression
medicine.disease_cause
Adolescents
Gonorrhea
Young Adult
Pregnancy
Informed consent
Prevalence
medicine
Sexually transmitted infections
Humans
Risk factor
Reproductive health
Research ethics
Receiver operating characteristic
business.industry
Risk prediction tool
Research
Chlamydia Infections
medicine.disease
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Infectious Diseases
Sexual Partners
Family medicine
Screening
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712334
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....81a1869a4f9ba663d9fbfac6329592c3