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Chlamydia trachomatis, an obligate intracellular human pathogen, is a bacterial species in the genus Chlamydia, family Chlamydiaceae, class Chlamydiae, phylum Chlamydiae, domain Bacteria. C. trachomatis cannot be stained with the Gram stain. C. trachomatis was the first chlamydial agent discovered in humans. It was identified in 1907. It comprises three human biovars: Urethritis , trachoma and lymphogranuloma venereum ). Many, but not all, C. trachomatis strains have an extrachromosomal plasmid....
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how is Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacteria causing Chlamydia, first formed in a human body?
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C. trachomatis is almost exclusively found in humans. There have been reports that trachomas (chronic infections of the eyes) had been described in ancient Egyptian and Chinese manuscripts (http://www.chlamydiae.com/docs/Chlamydiales/Chlamydialeshistory.asp) It...

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Prevalence in New Zealand female university students - http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/118-1220/1607/ Prevalence in male university students - http://sti.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/77/2/111 Prevalence in young Swiss men -http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/8/45 Chlamydia is the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease in the United...

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