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Sero-epidemiological assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sub-fertility in Samoan women

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2016
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Title
Sero-epidemiological assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sub-fertility in Samoan women
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12879-016-1508-0
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Authors

S. Menon, S. H. Stansfield, M. Walsh, E. Hope, L. Isaia, A. A. Righarts, T. Niupulusu, S. V. A. Temese, L. Iosefa-Siitia, L. Auvaa, S. A. Tapelu, M. F. Motu, T. Suaalii-Sauni, P. Timms, P. C. Hill, W. M. Huston

Abstract

In our recent village-based cross-sectional study, the prevalence of nucleic acid amplification technique (NAAT) diagnosed Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) in sexually active Samoan women was very high (36 %), and test positivity was associated with sub-fertility. We conducted a serological and epidemiological analysis in these participants to identify if serological data can provide further insight into the potential contribution of CT to sub-fertility in this population. Serological prediction of CT associated sub-fertility was conducted using a series of commercial tests. The correlation between fertility or sub-fertility, behavioral factors, and serologically predicted CT associated sub-fertility was determined. A positive antibody reaction against the Chlamydia Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) was significantly associated with sub-fertility, with 50 % of infertile women being positive. Serum IgG and IgA antibodies against MOMP correlated with current infection measured by urine NAAT, suggesting longer term infections are common in this population. Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies were frequently detected in this population (84 %), and unexpectedly, were significantly associated with sub-fertility. The high prevalence of chlamydial infection and of positive chlamydial sub-fertility results suggests that CT is an important and frequent contributory factor to sub-fertility in this population.

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Unknown 25 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 24%
Researcher 4 16%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 12%
Student > Bachelor 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 6 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 24%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 8%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 8 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 April 2016.
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#13,072,573
of 23,577,654 outputs
Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#2,933
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#135,416
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#48
of 112 outputs
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