Subunit vaccines for the prevention of mucosal infection with Chlamydia trachomatis

Condom effectiveness for prevention of Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES A growing body of evidence is increasingly demonstrating the effectiveness of condoms for sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention. The purpose of the present analysis was to provide a disease specific estimate for the effectiveness of condoms in preventing Chlamydia trachomatis infection while controlling for known exposure to infection. METHODS Condom effectiven...

Immunity and vaccines against sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim is to review recent findings on immunity and vaccine development to Chlamydia trachomatis. RECENT FINDINGS There is increasing knowledge on the interactions between C. trachomatis and infected host cells. During genital infection the organism avoids generating protective immunity but immune responses to a number of chlamydial proteins have been associated with reprod...

Prevention of Chlamydia trachomatis infections

Urogenital chlamydia infection, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in Sweden. In 2008 it was estimated by WHO that there were 105.7 million new cases of CT worldwide, an increase by 4.2 million cases (4.1%) compared to 2005. If untreated, CT infections can progress to serious reproductive health problems, especially in...

Infection Modulates Chlamydia trachomatis

P-59: Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection in Femaleswith Secondary Infertility

Background: We designed a prospective study to assess the role of Chlamydia in secondary infertility Materials and Methods: 40 women with secondary infertility and 30 term healthy pregnant women of similar age composition were studied for past and present chlamydia trachomatis infection. Women attending the outpatient department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology with complaint of secondary infertil...