FUTURE IMMUNISATION FOR CHLAMYDIA

The latest research into immunisation against  chlamydia comes from the University of Texas (UT) Health San Antonio. “This research emphasizes the pre-exposure of chlamydia to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract as a vaccine,” said Guangming Zhong, M.D., Ph.D., professor at UT Health San Antonio. “The protection is very robust and is across tissues, which is called transmucosal immunity. Protected […]

HOW TO PREVENT CHLAMYDIA

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) noted that the rates of chlamydia infection increased by 5% between 2010 and 2014 across countries in Europe. In 2014, two-thirds (63%) of the 396,000 reported cases were diagnosed among 15- to 24-year-olds. In fact, chlamydia is also the most common STD in Singapore. (Read our blog  April 25, 2018)  Similar to […]

CHLAMYDIA

Most common STD Data source: statistics from the DSC (released January 2018) CHLAMYDIA IS THE MOST COMMON STD IN SINGAPORE: What do we need to know? What are its symptoms? What tests are available? Is there effective treatment? The latest 2016 statistics from the Singapore Department of Sexually Transmitted Infections (or DSC) show that Chlamydia is the most common STD […]