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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Noun1.Chlamydia trachomatis - bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum
C. trachomatis
chlamydia - coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
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The disease is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, which is transmitted by unprotected sexual contact.
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In a cost-utility model examining the potential impact of EPT in 11 states where it was illegal in 2007 (1 state, North Dakota, has since made the practice legal), she estimated there would be a cost savings of almost $6 million and the prevention of more than 2,000 cases of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae annually.
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A variant of Chlamydia trachomatis that had escaped detection by commonly used systems was discovered in Sweden in 2006.
Emergence and spread of Chlamydia trachomatis variant, Sweden by Herrmann, Bjorn; Torner, Anna; Low, Nicola; Klint, Markus; Nilsson, Anders; Velicko, Inga; Soderblom / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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