Essay On Chlamydia

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STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) are diseases which primarily are transmitted while in the act of sexual means such as oral, anal, kissing and genital contact. One of the most commonly reported STD in the United States is Chlamydia. The number of this infection is gradually increasing worldwide and costing billions of dollars to health care systems. Today, there is not set type of screening practice or a vaccine available for this infection to decrease globally. Presently, the only treatment available to help ease with the problem, temporarily, is in the form of an antibiotic, which has failed to halt the increase. As a result of this quickly spreading disease, the need for a vaccination to reduce the rate of the spread is desperately needed.

STDs are referred to as sexually transmitted infections, venereal diseases and reproductive tract infections. Even though there are other diseases that can be contracted through sexual involvement, the term STD is kept to be referred as an infection obtained through any sexual means. These infections can come in many different forms such as bacterial, fungal, viral or parasitical and depending on their impact, once the infection has entered the body and/or body parts such as the genitalia or any sex organ, it can either remain at the site it enter or may spread.

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacteria of Chlamydia trachomatis. This STD can be described as a small parasitic bacterium, similar to a virus. Chlamydia undergoes a series of developmental forming while multiplying by binary fission. This cycle involves 2 cells, a large and a small. The small cell remains in its state of whole in vacuoles bound by membranes coming from the surface of the host cell....

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...le for Chlamydia are azithromycin or doxycycline. Azithromycin is known to be more effective as it is a onetime treatment. Doxycycline is a 7 day treatment, which can sometimes cause someone to forget or just simply not comply. With these current treatments available and discovering the infection early, it can help shorten the duration of the infection. However, it should be advised that with the use of antibodies so early on, it may also interfere with the protective immune system which can lead to being re-infected. Even though a vaccine that can fully cure Chlamydia is not available, anything at this time introduced to medical market that can partially help a patient diagnosed with Chlamydia would put health care systems at ease since it will reduce the economic burden, as billions of dollars are spent each year and also reduce the rate of the spread of this STD.

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