Preparing for the Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Self-Test.
Sex Transm Dis
; 45(3): e7-e9, 2018 03.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29420452
ABSTRACT
New technology may soon allow individuals to test themselves for chlamydia and gonorrhea. These new self-tests might help increase screening, but they will also bring new issues for treatment, prevention, and surveillance. Providers will need to decide how to respond to patients who present after a positive screening test and how to approach partner testing and treatment. Research will be needed to identify approaches to increase screening using these tests. Laboratory-based surveillance will not capture infections if testing does not involve a laboratory, so new surveillance techniques will be needed. Self-tests are new tools that will soon be available. We should be prepared to use them.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por Chlamydia
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Gonorreia
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Chlamydia
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article