Telling partners about chlamydia: How acceptable are the new technologies?

Carol Hopkins; Meredith Temple-Smith; Christopher Fairley; Natasha Pavlin; Jane Tomnay; Rhian PARKER; Francis Bowden; Darren Russell; Jane Hocking; Marcus Chen

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-58

Telling partners about chlamydia: How acceptable are the new technologies?

Carol Hopkins, Meredith Temple-Smith, Christopher Fairley, Natasha Pavlin, Jane Tomnay, Rhian PARKER, Francis Bowden, Darren Russell, Jane Hocking, Marcus Chen

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Abstract

Partner notification is accepted as a vital component in the control of chlamydia. However, in reality, many sexual partners of individuals diagnosed with chlamydia are never informed of their risk. The newer technologies of email and SMS have been used as a means of improving partner notification rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	58-58
Number of pages	1
Journal	BMC Infectious Diseases
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-58
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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