What is Chlamydia?
What is Chlamydia?
- Chlamydia: Common sexually transmitted disease often without symptoms.
- Chlamydia: Type species of CHLAMYDIA causing a variety of ocular and urogenital diseases.
Source - Diseases Database
- Chlamydia: a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Chlamydia: Introduction
Types of Chlamydia:
Types of Chlamydia:
Broader types of Chlamydia:
How many people get Chlamydia?
Incidence (annual) of Chlamydia: estimated 4 million cases (NIAID/CDC) [4-8 million cases] including undiagnosed (about 600,000 diagnosed).
Incidence Rate of Chlamydia: approx 1 in 68 or 1.47% or 4 million people in USA [about data]
Undiagnosed prevalence of Chlamydia: estimated 3.4 million cases (based in NIAID/CDC estimates with only about 600,000 to 800,000 reported from 4 million cases)
Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Chlamydia:
approx 1 in 80 or 1.25% or 3.4 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Chlamydia:
Though 526,653 cases were reported in 1997, an estimated 3 million
cases occur annually. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia in the US: DSTD)
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In 1997, 526,653 chlamydial infections were reported to the
CDC, a case rate of 207 per 100,000 population. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Incidence of Chlamydia: This infection is now the most common of all bacterial STDs, with
an estimated 4 to 8 million new cases occurring each year. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
How serious is Chlamydia?
Complications of Chlamydia:
see complications of Chlamydia
What causes Chlamydia?
Causes of Chlamydia: see causes of Chlamydia
Risk factors for Chlamydia:
see
risk factors for Chlamydia
What are the symptoms of Chlamydia?
Symptoms of Chlamydia:
see symptoms of Chlamydia
Complications of Chlamydia:
see complications of Chlamydia
Incubation period for Chlamydia: 1-3 weeks after exposure. Or 2 days to 2 weeks.
Incubation period for Chlamydia: If symptoms do
occur, they usually appear within 1 to 3 weeks of exposure. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia-Disease Information: DSTD)
Can anyone else get Chlamydia?
Contagion of Chlamydia: Sexual contact (oral, vaginal, anal). Also spread to babies during childbirth.
More information:
see contagiousness of Chlamydia
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Chlamydia
Chlamydia: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Chlamydia.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Chlamydia.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Chlamydia:
see treatments for Chlamydia
Prevention of Chlamydia:
see prevention of Chlamydia
Research for Chlamydia:
see research for Chlamydia
Society issues for Chlamydia
Costs of Chlamydia: more than $2 billion
Costs of Chlamydia: The annual
cost of chlamydia and its consequences in the United States is more than
$2 billion. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia in the US: DSTD)
Organs Affected by Chlamydia:
Organs and body systems related to Chlamydia include:
Name and Aliases of Chlamydia
Main name of condition: Chlamydia
Other names or spellings for Chlamydia:
Chlamydial Infection, Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydia vaginitis
Chlamydophila trachomatis
Source - Diseases Database
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