Chlamydia

  • Few Pregnant Women Treated for Sexually Transmitted Infections
    Many pregnant women with sexually transmitted infections aren’t getting the treatment they need when they visit emergency rooms, according to a new Michigan State University study that highlights a wholly preventable risk to unborn children and raises questions about ...More
    February 8, 2013
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  • Many Pregnant Women Not Screened for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, Study Finds
    Many women are not screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea infection during their pregnancy, and follow-up testing is not always performed as medically recommended for those who test positive for chlamydia, according to a study published online in the American Journal of ...More
    May 17, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Tracing the UK's No. 1 STD
    In a study released today in Nature Genetics, researchers have found that Chlamydia has evolved more actively than was previously thought. Using whole genome sequencing the researchers show that the exchange of DNA between different strains of Chlamydia to form new strains ...More
    March 12, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Roche Receives FDA Clearance for Test to Screen and Diagnose Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Infection
    Roche announces that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided 510(k) clearance to the cobas® CT/NG Test for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) infections in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients from male urine and ...More
    February 1, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Herald Significant Breakthrough in Study of Chlamydia
    A breakthrough in the study of chlamydia genetics could open the way to new treatments and the development of a vaccine for this sexually transmitted disease. For decades research progress has been hampered because scientists have been prevented from fully understanding ...More
    October 13, 2011
    Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
  • Scientists Find Method to Probe Genes of the Most Common Bacterial STI
    In a new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, scientists describe successfully mutating specific genes of Chlamydia bacteria, which cause the most common sexually transmitted infection in ...More
    April 14, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Young Minority Women Screened at Higher Rate for Chlamydia Than Young White Women
    A new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute has found that black and especially Hispanic young women are screened for chlamydia at a significantly higher rate than young white women. This discrepancy in screening rates may ...More
    January 24, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Study Sheds New Light on Causes of Common STD
    Oral sex may be a risk factor for nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases affecting both men and women, according to a new study in the Feb. 1, 2006 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. The study, by ...More
    January 3, 2006
    Posted in News

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