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Table 1 STI testing schedule per randomization arm

From: Sexually transmitted infection screening to prevent adverse birth and newborn outcomes: study protocol for a randomized-controlled hybrid-effectiveness trial

Clinic visit

Participant

Specimen collected

CT, NG, and TV testing

First ANC visit

All pregnant women

Vaginal smear

Vaginal swabs

Arms 1 and 2 only

Test-of-cure 3 weeks post treatment

Arm 1 only

Vaginal smear

Vaginal swabs

Arm 1 only

30–34 weeks’ gestation

Arm 2 only

Vaginal smear

Vaginal swabs

Arm 2 only

First post-delivery clinic visit

All post-partum mothers

Vaginal swabs

All post-partum mothers

First post-delivery clinic visit

All infants

Nasopharyngeal swabs

Conjunctival swabs

All infantsa

  1. aPost-delivery infant swabs will only be tested if the maternal swab is positive