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Chlamydia is one of the most common known sexually transmitted infections and is an infection that can affect both male and females. However, Chlamydia Trachomatis is an infection that can be treated and prevented.
Introduction of the Disease
Chlamydia is only found in humans. Dr. Gene Mayer (2010) claims, “Chlamydia Trachomatis is the causative agent of trachoma, urogenital disease, infant pneumonia and lymphogranuloma venereum” (http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mayer/chlamyd.htm). Chlamydia is an infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia Trachomatis (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001345.htm). It is passed on through sexual contact between individuals who do not use condoms. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014) explains, “Chlamydia Trachomatis can be spread by having vaginal or oral or anal with someone who already has Chlamydia and not wearing a condom and it can also be spread to a newborn if the mother is affected” (http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/STDFact-Chlamydia.htm). For example, if a mother has a newborn and she has Chlamydia, there is a high possibility that the child will be born with Chlamydia as well. According to Courtney Helman (2007), “Chlamydia Trachomatis was first tested in the year 1957 in china and was isolated in the yolk sac of a chicken embryo by Professor Tang Feifan while she discovered that the genus belonged to the phylum, Chlamydiae, a bacterium related to Trachoma, an eye disease which concludes on why it got that name in the first place” (http://www.austincc.edu/microbio/2704t/ct).
Symptoms
Unfortunately, not very often do people know they are infected with Chlamydia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014) states, “women and men may notice abnormal va...
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