In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood group. The sole known carrier is a woman from Guadeloupe whose blood is so ...

SCIENTISTS have spent decades trying to understand what causes dementia. Is it alcohol? Obesity? Or are some of us simply ...

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its 2022 STI surveillance report, it was far from a clean bill of health for the US. In particular, it was bad news for syphilis ...

A novel approach to chlamydia’s unique biology The study focused on the unique biology of Chlamydia trachomatis, which shares some characteristics with viruses. Unlike most bacteria, this pathogen ...

The last common ancestor of the Chlamydiales group of bacteria lived about 700 million years ago inside a eukaryotic host cell, according to a new study. This primeval chlamydia encoded many virulence ...

The bacterium chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted diseases. Bacteria have lots of tricks up their ...

Lab mice given the vaccine were able to rapidly clear subsequent chlamydia infections, and were less likely to develop severe infections compared with unvaccinated mice, researchers reported Nov. 11 ...

Chlamydia cells can infiltrate our guts, building a hidden supply of bacteria that could leak to the genitals and cause reoccurring infections.

Scientists in Germany have shown that chlamydia bacteria can successfully infect the human gut, at least in the lab.

People who are infected with chlamydia can transmit these bacteria to other people during unprotected sex. The pathogens ...

Research from Germany suggests that chlamydia bacteria may persist in the intestines after antibiotic treatment, hiding in this niche and potentially causing recurrent infections. Using intestinal ...

A mini model of the human intestines suggests that chlamydia bacteria can colonize the gut, potentially contributing to recurrent infections.