Together with scientists from Paris and Munich, a team of researchers working under Prof. Dr. Johannes Hegemann and Dr. Katja Moelleken has published these findings in the journal Proceedings of the ...

DURHAM, N.C. – Chlamydia, the leading cause of sexually transmitted bacterial infections, evades detection and elimination inside human cells by use of a cloaking device. But Duke University ...

Remarkably little is known about how intracellular pathogens exit the host cell in order to infect new hosts. Pathogenic chlamydiae egress by first rupturing their replicative niche (the inclusion) ...

The human pathogenic bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen worldwide. It is estimated to infect more than 100 million people each year and is a ...

More than half the population of the United States has been exposed to Chlamydia by the age of 20. With over 90 million cases each year and in excess of four million cases in the United States, ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An Indiana University biologist has been awarded over $2.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to genetically modify variants of the human pathogen chlamydia in hopes ...

When Chlamydia attacks the human body the immune system starts its defense mechanisms. But the bacteria find a way to defend themselves. Scientists have deciphered new details of their strategy now.

Chlamydia treatment may fail twice due to bacterial resistance to antibiotics, such as doxycycline, issues with the absorption of medication into the body, or not following the full course of ...

Researchers investigating the coral microbiome in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have found two clusters of co-existing bacteria. And, for the first time, they’ve discovered that one of them is a ...

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted infection. Anyone can have chlamydia, but it may affect males and females differently. Chlamydia in males can cause urethritis, epididymitis, and more.

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can affect anyone. Transmission often occurs during oral, vaginal, or anal sex without a condom or other barrier method. It’s treatable, but it ...

Chlamydia, the leading cause of sexually transmitted bacterial infections, evades detection and elimination inside human cells by use of a cloaking device. But researchers have grasped the hem of that ...