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Under-reporting of sexually transmitted infection with chlamydia trachomatis - a revision of surveillance system is required

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|May 2016

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

The number of reported chlamydia cases to the national surveillance system of all laboratory confirmed cases at the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, overall and by physician speciality, Ljubljana, 2007-2010.
The number of reported chlamydia cases to the national surveillance system of all laboratory confirmed cases at the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, overall and by physician speciality, Ljubljana, 2007-2010.

Figure 2

Chlamydia reported rates and testing rates, Slovenia, 2002-2010.
Chlamydia reported rates and testing rates, Slovenia, 2002-2010.

The proportion (%) of the 633 notified chlamydia cases to the NIPH with missing information for individual variables, Slovenia, 2007-2010_

2007-2010 (%)
SOUNDEX0.5
Date of birth0.0
Gender0.2
Region0.6
Citizenship1.1
Country of birth2.0
Profession/work12.9
Marital status19.2
Previous STI9.7
The number of male sexual partners in the last three months25.8
The number of female sexual partners in the last three months18.6
The number of foreign male sexual partners in the last three months29.7
The number of foreign female sexual partners in the last three months28.7
The number of male sexual partners to whom the patient paid for sex in the last three months31.0
The number of female sexual partners to whom the patient paid for sex in the last three months30.6
Date of diagnosis0.0
Date of notification0.0
Speciality of the treating physician0.3
Place of notification0.0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0022 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 174 - 178
Submitted on: Sep 24, 2015
Accepted on: Feb 4, 2016
Published on: May 10, 2016
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Tanja Kustec, Darja Keše, Irena Klavs, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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