Pregnancy and fertility-related adverse outcomes associated with Chlamydia trachomatis infection: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Abstract

Genital chlamydia infection in women is often asymptomatic, but may result in adverse outcomes before and during pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to examine the strength of the relationships between chlamydia infection and different reproductive health outcomes and to assess the certainty of the evidence.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Sex Transm Infect

Title: Sexually transmitted infections

Publisher: BMJ

ISSN (Electronic): 1472-3263

ISSN (Print): 1368-4973

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2020

Volume: 96

Issue: 5

Affiliations

[1 ] Project-China, University of North Carolina, Guangzhou, China.

[2 ] STI Control, Guangdong Provincial Center for Skin Diseases and STIs control, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

[3 ] Depatment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

[4 ] Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

[5 ] Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

[6 ] School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.

[7 ] Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.

[8 ] Social Entrepreneurship to Spur Health, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

[9 ] Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

[10 ] Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

[11 ] Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, California, USA.

[12 ] UNC Project-China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China jdtucker@med.unc.edu.

[13 ] Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

Article

Mid ID: NIHMS1544757 Publisher Item ID: sextrans-2019-053999

DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-053999

PMC ID: 7292777

PubMed ID: 31836678

SO-VID: 258b2591-65f2-4fbd-81d6-481e958f6800

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Keywords: infertility,chlamydia trachomatis,meta-analysis,pregnancy,women

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Keywords: infertility, chlamydia trachomatis, meta-analysis, pregnancy, women

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