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Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in newborns with and without neonatal conjunctivitis: cross-sectional study in Papua New Guinea

Low, N.; Mengi, A.; Vallely, L. M.; Descombes, C.; Braunack-Mayer, L.; Starr, M.; Cunningham, P. H.; Wand, H.; Spycher, B. D.; Badman, S. G.; Laman, M.; Pomat, W. S.; Vallely, A. J.; Riddell, M. A.; Group, W. T. I.

2026-07-13 epidemiology
10.64898/2026.07.09.26357364 medRxiv
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In newborns seen a median of 11 days after birth, 97/1699 (5.7%) had conjunctivitis, including 13/97 (13.4%) with Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae detected. Among all babies, we estimated that 6.6% (95% confidence interval 3.8-9.9%) would have C. trachomatis or N. gonorrhoeae detected, of which 87.0% (74.8-93.8%) would be asymptomatic.

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