NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new 30-minute point-of-care (POC) test using self-collected vaginal swabs works as well as lab-based molecular diagnostic tests for detecting chlamydia and gonorrhea, new ...

The best at-home chlamydia tests provide easy-to-use test kits and fast results. See our top picks for at-home and in-person chlamydia tests, and learn how STI testing can protect you and others. If ...

Today, NAATs are the “expanded gold standard” for detecting C. trachomatis as well as N. gonorrhoeae. These tests offer increased sensitivity because they are able to produce a positive signal from a ...

Experts say patients can get results before they leave the doctor’s office, allowing them to start treatments earlier. Share on Pinterest Researchers say the new chlamydia test is just as accurate as ...

Asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections (STIs) screening delivered by mail has a high return rate, and helps identify increased odds for chlamydia and gonorrhoea positivity among unique groups ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s first-ever approval of an at-home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea could help drive earlier detection and treatment of these sexually transmitted infections amid a ...

Researchers have developed a new assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans. This procedure takes less than 20 ...

Background: Anal lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) infections, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis biovar L (CT+/LGV+), are endemic among men who have sex with men (MSM). Anal non-LGV biovar Ct infections ...

Most people with chlamydia are not aware of it because the infection often causes no symptoms, but if left untreated, this STD can develop into pelvic inflammatory disease and irreversibly damage a ...

More sensitive testing methods might account for some of the sharp increase in reported Chlamydia trachomatis infections, suggests research in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. Chlamydia is ...