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STATISTICS

WHO IS AT RISK?
HOW MANY?
TREATMENT?
HISTORY?
Any sexually active person can be infected with chlamydia. It is a very common STD, especially among young people. It is estimated that 1 in 15 sexually active females aged 14-19 years has chlamydia.
 
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are also at risk for chlamydial infection since chlamydia can be transmitted by oral or anal sex. Among MSM screened for rectal chlamydial infection, positivity has ranged from 3.0% to 10.5%.6,7 Among MSM screened for pharyngeal chlamydial infection, positivity has ranged from 0.5% to 2.3%.
Chlamydia is the most frequently reported bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the United States. In 2012, 1,422,976 cases of chlamydia were reported to CDC from 50 states and the District of Columbia, but an estimated 2.86 million infections occur annually.
Chlamydia can be easily treated and cured with antibiotics. HIV-positive persons with chlamydia should receive the same treatment as those who are HIV-negative. Repeat infection with chlamydia is common. Persons whose sex partners have not been appropriately treated are at high risk for re-infection. Having multiple chlamydial infections increases a woman's risk of serious reproductive health complications, including pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy. Women and men with chlamydia should be retested about three months after treatment of an initial infection, regardless of whether they believe that their sex partners were successfully treated.
The first time when Chlamydia was mentioned in history was in 1963 when it was finally recognized as a bacteria rather than a virus. Before that it wasn't considered as sexually transmitted disease. Today, it affects a lot of people in the world and it is the most common and the most spread STD in the world.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 07 Jan. 2014. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 07 Jan. 2014. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.

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