Comparing age and sex trends of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, hepatitis and syphilis infections in Samoa in 2012 and 2017

• Main Authors: Robert Carney (Author), Michaela Howells (Author), Aaone Tanumafili (Author), Athena Matalavea (Author), Judith Gafa (Author), Leausa Toleafoa Dr Take Naseria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Samoa, the seroprevalence rates of sexually transmitted infections other than HIV have been endemically high over the past decade, despite years of prevention programming. Odds ratio and χ2 tests were conducted to compare the rates of positivity of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, hepatitis B and C, and sy...