Author's response to reviews Title: Chlamydia trachomatis Incidence and Prevalence Trends in Finland 1983-2003 Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis Authors:

Title: The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A discrepancy of Chlamydia trachomatis incidence and prevalence trends in Finland 1983–2003

BACKGROUND Reported rates of Chlamydia trachomatis are on the rise contradicting the declining rates of C. trachomatis associated reproductive sequelae in Western countries. Population based evaluation of the real trend of C. trachomatis infection is important to contemplate prevention efforts. We studied C. trachomatis occurrence during the past 20 years in Finland comparing incidence rate dat...

Author's response to reviews Title: Innate immunity in ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection: contribution of IL8 and CSF2 gene variants to risk of trachomatous scarring in Gambians Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: Timing of progression of Chlamydia trachomatis infection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: Incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in a large cohort of women tested for Chlamydia trachomatis: a historical follow-up study Authors:

3. Background: The reviewer comments that “The rate of one in six Norwegian women being positive for CT by the age of 25 is important data”, and that it would be equally important to further breakdown these data. Our statement however refers to our paper on testing patterns and prevalence of CT that was published in Sexually Transmitted Diseases in 2006. In the results section, we have written ...