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Partner notification and partner treatment for chlamydia: attitude and practice of general practitioners in the Netherlands; a landscape analysis.
van den Broek, Ingrid V F Donker, Gé A Hek, Karin van Bergen, Jan E A M van Benthem, Birgit H B Götz, Hannelore M
van den Broek, Ingrid V F
Donker, Gé A
Hek, Karin
van Bergen, Jan E A M
van Benthem, Birgit H B
Götz, Hannelore M
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en
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2017-12-20
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Partner notification and partner treatment for chlamydia: attitude and practice of general practitioners in the Netherlands; a landscape analysis.
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BMC Fam Pract 2017; 18(1):103
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Chlamydia prevalence remains high despite scaling-up control efforts. Transmission is not effectively interrupted without partner notification (PN) and (timely) partner treatment (PT). In the Netherlands, the follow-up of partners is not standardized and may depend on GPs' time and priorities. We investigated current practice and attitude of GPs towards PN and PT to determine the potential for Patient-Initiated Partner Treatment, which is legally not supported yet.