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Title (lead author) etc:	Epidemiological, social, diagnostic, and economic evaluation of population screening for genital chlamydial infection (Low) 184 pages, Volume 11, number 8
DOI	10.3310/hta11080
View/print executive summary View/print abstract View full text in pdf format (1482 KB) Buy a printed version of this title - cost £20.00 each. [How to order] This title is available on our CD-ROM of the journal. Order a CD-ROM - free of charge worldwide. Outputs from this project Stevenson, P. Chlamydia screening results prompt fears over GP workload. Pulse 2000; 60(19):7. GP's key role in chlamydia tests study. Pulse 2000; 60(19):1. N/A. GP chlamydia pilot. Pulse (News) 2001:7. Days in the life Anne McCarthy... .. Aisha Holloway... Chlamydia Screening Study. Nursing Times 2001; 97(36): 45. Low, N; McCarthy, A; Macleod, J; Salisbury, C; Horner, PJ; Roberts, TE; Campbell, R; Herring, A; Skidmore, S; Sanford, E; Sterne, JAC; Davey Smith G; Grahm, A; Huengsberg, M; Ross, J; Egger, M. The chlamydia screening studies rationale and design. Sexually Transmitted Infectections 2004; 80(5): 342-348. Macleod, J; Salisbury, C; Low, N; McCarthy, A; Sterne, JAC; Holloway, A; Patel, R; Sanford, E; Morcom, A; Horner, P; Smith, GD; Skidmore, S; Herring, A; Caul, O; Hobbs, FDR; Egger, M,. Coverage and uptake of systematic postal screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis and prevalence of infection in the United Kindgom general population: cross sectional study. British Medical Journal 2005; 330(7497): 940-942. Macleod, J; Salisbury, C; Low, N. Screening for chlamydia. Lancet 2005; 365(9470):1539-1540. Horner, P; Sidmore, S; Herring, A; Sell, J; Paul, I; Caul, O; Egger, M; MacCarthy, A; Sanford, E; Salisbury, C; MacLeod, J; Sterne, J; Low, N. Enhanced enzyme immunoassay with negative-gray-zone testing compared to a single nucleic acide amplification technique for community-based chlamydial screening of men. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2005; 43(5):2065-2069. Low, N; McCarthy, A; Roberts, T; Huengsberg, M; Sanford, E; Sterne, J; Macleod, J; Salisbury, C; Pye, K; Holloway, A; Morcom, A; Patel, R; Robinson, M; Horner, P; Barton, P; Egger, M. Partner Notification for chlamydia in primary care: randomised cointrolled trial and resource use analysis. British Medical Journal 2006; 332(7532); 14-19. Salisbury, C; Macleod, J; Egger, M; McCarthy, A; Patel, R; Holloway, A; Ibrahim, F; Sterne, JAC; Hornwe, P; Low, N. Opportunistic and systematic screening for chlamydia: a study of consultations by young adults in general practice. British Journal of General Practice 2006; 56(523): 99-103. Campbell, R; Mills, N; Sanford, E; Grahm, A; Low, A; Peters, TJ. Does population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis raise anxiety among those tested? Findings from a population based chlamydia screening study. BMC Public Health 2006; 6:106. Robinson, S; Roberts, T; Barton, P; Bryan, S; Macleod, J; McCarthy, A; Egger, M; Sanford, E; Low, N. Healthcare and patient costs of a proactive chlamydia screening programme: the Chlamydia Screening Studies. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2007; 83(4):276-281. Roberts, TE; Robinson, S; Barton, P; Bryan, S; Low, N. Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis: a systematic review of the economic evaluations and modelling. Sexually Transmitted Infectections 2006; 82(3):193-200; discussion 201.. Mills, N; Daker-White, G; Grahsm, A; Campbell, R. Population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the UK: a qualitative study of the experience of those screened. Family Practice 2006; 23(5):550-557. Skidmore, S; Horner, P; Herring, A; Sell, J; Paul, I, Caul, O; Egger, M; McCarthy, A; Sanford, E; Salisbury, C; Macleod, J; Sterne, JAC; Low, N. Vulvovaginal-swab or first-catch urine specimen to detect Chlamydia trachomatis in women in a community setting?. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2006; 44(12):4389-4394. Robinson, S; Roberts, T; Barton, PM; Bryan, S; Macleod, J; McCarthy, A; Egger, M; Sanford, E; Low, N. The health care and patient costs of an active chlamydia screening programme: the Chlamydia Screening Studies (ClaSS) project. Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Jan 17; [Epub ahead of print]. Low, N. Screening programmes for chlamydial infection: when will we ever learn?. British Medical Journal 2007;334(7596):725. Roberts, T; Robinson, S; Barton, P; Bryan, S; McCarthy, A; Macleod, J; Egger, M; Low, N. Cost effectiveness of home based population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in the UK: economic evaluation of chlamydia screening studies (ClaSS) project. British Medical Journal 2007;335(7614):291. Turner, K; Adams, E; Grant, A; Macleod, J; Bell, G; Clarke, J; Horner,P. Costs and cost effectiveness of different strategies for chlamydia screening and partner notification: an economic and mathematical modelling study. BMJ 2010, 341:C7250. Go to our correspondence page to comment on this publication
Headline:	Study shows that proactive screening for chlamydia in young adults using home-collected specimens was feasible and acceptable but high response rates were difficult to achieve; mixed approaches should be evaluated to see if they bring higher uptake than adopting a single screening strategy.
Project ref:	97/32/31
Original project title:	A study to evaluate the most cost effective way to screen for chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection and reduce its prevalence and associated burden of disease (ClaSS)
Chief Investigator:	Professor Matthias Egger, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne
Project Website	http://www.chlamydia.ac.uk
Start Date:	August 2000
Date of publication in HTA journal series	March 2007
Cost:	£1,431,698
MeSH* index primary terms:	CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIA-INFECTIONS Q-diagnosis; CHLAMYDIA-INFECTIONS Q-epidemiology (* = Medical Subject Headings)
MeSH* index secondary terms:	ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; MALE; FEMALE; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; COST-OF-ILLNESS; CASE-CONTROL-STUDIES (* = Medical Subject Headings)
NRR* number, if applicable:	N0484070432 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.
Project Protocol:	Project protocol not available
Printed copies of this title despatched:	140 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)
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