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Spontaneous remission of sexually transmitted diseases must be considered in randomised controlled trials

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Randomised controlled trials that test biomedical interventions to reduce sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have had very mixed results,1 2 as have behavioural trials.3 4 It is only in the past 10 years that the field has recognised that chlamydia resolves itself without treatment in 50% of the cases,4 although the estimates range from 13% to 60%.5–7 The length of time to clear chlamydia infection varies from 60 days in women to up to 15 months in men.5 The speed of resolution is also subject …

Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections

DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050009

Authors: Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Zunyou Wu, Li Li, Roger Detels, Li-Jung Liang, and the NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group

Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles, Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,China CDC

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive tract infections research

Subfield: Microbiology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health