Exploring Chlamydia trachomatis screening in Shenzhen: a cost-effective sample pooling strategy for pre-marital and pre-pregnancy populations
The 6-sample pooling strategy demonstrated acceptable sensitivity (96.7%) and significantly improved screening efficiency, suggesting its potential utility for large-scale pre-marital and pre-pregnancy screening programs in appropriate settings.
Authors
- Lifeng Tong
- Yi Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9468-5930)
- Xiang‐Sheng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-2065)
- Qiuhong Wu
- Y. Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8553-9903)
- Hailing Ye
- Lishan Tian
- Tao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0432-2942)
- Jun Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-5761)
- Xie Yu
- Li Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1231-8927)
Institutions
- Central South University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Shantou University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Dermatology Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1697573
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00