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chlamydia
[ kluh-mid-ee-uh ]
noun
- Microbiology. any coccoid rickettsia of the genus Chlamydia, parasitic in birds and mammals, including humans, and causing various infections, especially of the eyes, as trachoma, lungs, as psittacosis, and genitourinary tract, as urethritis or chlamydia.
- Pathology. Also called lym·pho·gran·u·lo·ma ve·ne·re·um [lim-f, uh, -gran-y, uh, -, loh, -m, uh, v, uh, -, neer, -ee-, uh, m]. a widespread, often asymptomatic sexually transmitted disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, a major cause of nongonococcal urethritis in men and pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in women.
chlamydia
/ kləˈmɪdɪə /
noun
- any Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Chlamydia , which are obligate intracellular parasites and are responsible for such diseases as trachoma, psittacosis, and some sexually transmitted diseases
chlamydia
/ klə-mĭd′ē-ə /
, Plural chlamydiae klə-mĭd′ē-ē′
- Any of various bacteria of the genus Chlamydia, several species of which cause common infections in humans and animals, including neonatal conjunctivitis, pneumonia, bronchitis, pharyngitis, and sexually transmitted infections of the pelvis and urethra.
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About 400 koalas are currently undergoing a clinical trial for a chlamydia vaccine in Queensland, Australia.
Although many koalas with chlamydia can be treated using traditional antibiotics, some animals cannot be saved due to the severity of their infection.
The chlamydia epidemic in koalas has been ravaging populations since the 1990s, especially along the east and southeast Australian coasts.
The post A new vaccine may curb the koala chlamydia epidemic appeared first on Popular Science.
This is worrisome, she says, because chlamydia rates are disproportionately high among sexually active adolescents, who frequently don’t develop symptoms until the infection’s later stages.
Mental illness is a disease just as much as cancer or chlamydia.
Bacterial pathogens include gonorrhea (yes) which can cause blindness in a matter of hours, and chlamydia.
That time that Andy thought she got chlamydia, but really she was just preggers!
Women were infected with gonorrhea and chlamydia from unsterilized instruments.
We test monthly for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and the big one, HIV.
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