Dear Editor,

I read your article with a great interest. I am a consultant in sexual health in South West England and would like to share with you our experience in exploring student sexual health. We conducted a Chlamydia trachomatis (C trachomatis) screening study in University of Exeter, Devon. C trachomatis is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection in Britain and our objective was to evaluate the size of the problem (prevalence) within the university setting. In response to the evidence of high and increasing rates of infection, the Government has introduced a national chlamydial screening programme. However, the magnitude of the problem at the university setting has not been sufficiently explored. C trachomatis is frequently asymptomatic in both men and women. Universities contain large number of young mobile population. They usually do not visit their family practitioner or in the university’s health centre unless symptomatic hence large proportion of its cases remains undiagnosed and untreated. However, of the 336 students asked to participate in the study 88 agreed to be screened (66 females and 22 males). We would be grateful if you can publish our study in your journal as we believe it would promote sexual health awareness among university students.

Yours sincerely.
Dr. T. Aldeen