Chlamydia is an STI caused by a specific strain of bacteria known as Chlamydia trachomatis. Many people who have chlamydia often don’t have outward symptoms in the early stages. Untreated ...

Researchers have discovered a type of molecule that can kill chlamydia bacteria but spare bacteria that are important for health. The discovery opens the door for further research towards developing ...

The form of the infection that affects humans is caused by a species of bacteria known as Chlamydia trachomatis ... to more ...

C hlamydia invades a host cell, forms a membrane-bound vacuole, or inclusion, and then modifies the protein composition of the structure’s membrane. If immune cells detect Chlamydia before it forms ...

The bacterium that causes chlamydia, Chlamydia trachomatis, has very special properties. Just like viruses, it invades cells in the human body, which it then reshapes so that they give the ...

Chlamydia is an infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It's one of the most widespread of all sexually transmitted diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, and Michigan State University, USA, have discovered a molecule capable of targeting and killing the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium, while sparing beneficial ...

A team of international researchers has discovered a type of molecule that can kill chlamydia bacteria -- the world's most ...

Chlamydia – caused by the organism Chlamydia trachomatis – caused an estimated 128.5 million new infections in 2020, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with a global prevalence ...