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chlamydia

[kluh-mid-ee-uh] / kləˈmɪd i ə /


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The rates of chlamydia remained about the same in 2023 as the year prior.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

Of the top reasons koalas are brought into wildlife hospitals – vehicle strikes, pet attacks and chlamydia – the bacterial infection is the biggest and deadliest.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

A veterinary nurse treats a koala infected with chlamydia at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital in Currumbin, Australia.Credit...

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

While cases of other STIs, like chlamydia and gonorrhea, have decreased or seen modest increases, syphilis has jumped 80% in the four years from 2018 to 2022.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

The work, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, introduces a potential game-changer in the fight against intracellular pathogens responsible for causing devastating infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, malaria and chlamydia.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023