Chlamydia trachomatis is the most prevalent sexually transmitted microbial infection in the United States ... frequently transferred from mother to infant, and the maternal-infant transfer ...

Georgia continues to see a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, despite a drop in case numbers nationally, according to the CDC ...

Alaska had the nation’s highest rate of gonorrhea last year and the third-highest rate of chlamydia, the U.S. Centers for ...

Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease ...

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels.

Pregnant adolescent females must be made aware of the high prevalence of chlamydial infections in their age group and of the life-altering consequences for themselves and their newborn if the ...

Chlamydia is an infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia ... the eye by a hand moistened with infected secretions, and to a newborn from an infected mother during delivery.

“If the chlamydia is untreated by delivery, eye infections and pneumonia may be problems in newborns.” Luckily diagnosis is fairly straightforward, with a urine test or a vaginal swab. The swab looks ...