Efficacy of home sampling for screening of Chlamydia trachomatis: randomised study

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Abstract
We randomised all 17 high schools in Aarhus County into two screening groups. In the home sampling group the females were asked to collect two urine samples and one vaginal flush sample3 and the males were asked to collect one first void urine sample. These samples were mailed directly from home to the microbiology department at Aarhus University Hospital. In the usual testing (control) group the students were offered testing at their doctors or at the local clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. Both groups received a questionnaire and information on C trachomatis infection. The students were asked for their identification number, from which the number of infected respondents in the control group was calculated.