Association of Routine Chlamydia trachomatis Screening during Pregnancy and Seroprevalence of Chlamydial Infection in Children, 1991-2015

Natalie Banniettis, Kimberly Wisecup, Leah Boland, Izumi Watanabe, Margaret R. Hammerschlag, Stephan Kohlhoff

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Abstract

We performed a seroepidemiologic study of sera from children in Brooklyn, New York, before and after the implementation of prenatal chlamydial screening almost 20% of children aged ≤10 years in the prescreening group had anti-Chlamydia trachomatis immunoglobulin G compared with none in the postscreening group.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)172-174
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Volume10
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Medicine

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