The bacterium chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted diseases. Bacteria have lots of tricks up their sleeve that help them survive inside cells. One strategy that chlamydia ...

Researchers have developed a new assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted infection in humans. This procedure takes less than 20 ...

Chlamydia trachomatis has a variety of strains; different strains are responsible for different diseases. Some strains cause sexually transmitted diseases while others cause eye infections.

Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) worldwide. The form of the infection that affects humans is caused by a species of bacteria known as Chlamydia trachomatis.. The ...

Chlamydia can often go undetected in the human body, regardless of gender, which makes regular STI testing—and, potentially, a vaccine —a critically important tool to prevent the infection's ...

“Unlike the flu or Staphylococcus aureus (more on that later), Chlamydia trachomatis – the bacterium behind this common STI – doesn’t survive long outside the body.

Each year in the U.S., 3 million new cases of genital infections by Chlamydia trachomatis are reported to the CDC, and more than 100 million new infections are estimated to occur annually ...

Researchers have made progress toward the first ever vaccine for chlamydia, after revealing how a novel antigen reduced symptoms triggered by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis – the most ...

Chlamydia in humans is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (other animals, including koalas, have their own version).

When Chlamydia trachomatis infects a human cell, it faces a huge challenge: It must prevent the cell from triggering programmed cell death to prevent the bacteria from replicating and spreading ...