The bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis is best known for infecting genitals, causing the sexually transmitted infection (STI) known as chlamydia. But a new study has found that these sneaky cells can ...

The bacteria that causes chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted infection, may lurk elsewhere in the body other than just the genitals. Chlamydia trachomatis, the species of bacteria responsible for ...

Sanofi’s chlamydia vaccine candidate was designed to protect against primary genital tract infection and reinfection by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

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Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection worldwide, but national screening programmes and antibiotic treatment have failed to decrease infection incidences. The first ever ...

When Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide, enters a human cell, it hijacks parts of the host to build protective layers ...

After more than 50 years of searching, scientists have discovered a key gene that enables certain bacteria to cause blindness and debilitating genital tract infections. Using the recently completed ...

A new study has identified markers that may predict whether a chlamydia infection is likely to ascend into the uterus and endometrium. The work, published in Infection and Immunity, could lead to new ...

Interactions between Chlamydia trachomatis proteins and host cell proteins help determine whether the bacterium leaves an infected cell via breakdown of the cellular membrane (lysis) or in a ...

When Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide, infects a human cell, it hijacks parts of the host to build protective layers ...