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Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis. In the UK, the number of new diagnoses has been steadily increasing each year since the mid-1990s, and it has now become the most commonly diagnosed STI.
Between 2007 and 2008, the number of confirmed cases of chlamydia rose from 121,791 to 123,018.
Young people under 25 are most likely to be infected: 65% (80,258) of all new chlamydia diagnoses made in 2008 were in people between the ages of 16 and 24.
As chlamydia sometimes has no symptoms in both men and women, it can often go undiagnosed unless it leads to complications. However, once the infection has been diagnosed, it can be treated.
You should take a Chlamydia test if you are sexually active and have had unprotected sex with anyone other than a regular partner who you are certain is unlikely to have Chlamydia.
Are you spreading chlamydia to partners without realising it ?
FACT: 1 in 10 young people who are sexualy active have chlamydia-and they don’t know it