High Cure Rate Among Pregnant Women in a Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Testing and Treatment Intervention Study in Gaborone, Botswana

Sex Transm Dis. 2023 Feb 1;50(2):124-127. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001725. Epub 2022 Oct 29.
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Plain language summary

Between March 2021 and March 2022, 251 pregnant women were tested for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in Botswana. Fifty-eight (23%) tested positive for at least 1 infection, and 57 (98%) were treated. No participants tested positive at test of cure. In some settings, cost of test of cure may outweigh the benefits.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Botswana / epidemiology
  • Chlamydia Infections* / diagnosis
  • Chlamydia Infections* / drug therapy
  • Chlamydia Infections* / epidemiology
  • Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Female
  • Gonorrhea* / diagnosis
  • Gonorrhea* / drug therapy
  • Gonorrhea* / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnant Women