Study on Chlamydia trachomatis infection among students and pregnant women in Japan: a step toward developing a reliable method for sexual behavior study

T Umenai; S Sakano; H Suzuki; K Mizuta; T Yanagiya; M Hiroi; H Kikuchi; H Nakamura; H Miura; A Hamada

doi:10.1620/tjem.187.189

Study on Chlamydia trachomatis infection among students and pregnant women in Japan: a step toward developing a reliable method for sexual behavior study

Tohoku J Exp Med. 1999 Feb;187(2):189-92. doi: 10.1620/tjem.187.189.

Authors

T Umenai¹, S Sakano, H Suzuki, K Mizuta, T Yanagiya, M Hiroi, H Kikuchi, H Nakamura, H Miura, A Hamada

Affiliation

¹ Department of Health Policy and Planning, Graduate School of International Health, The University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine, Japan. umenai@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp

PMID: 10228990
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.187.189

Abstract

2450 sera from students and 5215 sera from pregnant women were examined for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) antibody. CT antibody positive rates were less than 5% with the students and 24.5% with the pregnant women suggesting the latter is significantly higher than former. The results provided a base for discussing possibility of using CT infection as a reliable method for studying sexual behavior.

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis
Chlamydia Infections / epidemiology*
Chlamydia Infections / psychology
Chlamydia trachomatis* / immunology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Humans
Japan
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
Prevalence
Sexual Behavior / psychology*
Students / statistics & numerical data*

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial