Urine Test for Chlamydia Shown Effective in Men
Experts say quick results make it better than existing methods,, TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test could help reduce men's risk of persistent chlamydia infection and the likelihood of transmitting it to their sex partners, U.K. researchers report. Currently, c...Low Chlamydia Screening Rates Spur Outreach to Health Professionals
Untreated infections cause infertility, ectopic pregnancy WASHINGTON, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Screening rates for chlamydia remain low in the United States even though failure to identify this sexually transmitted disease and treat infected women can lead to infertility, ectopi...U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High
Million-plus cases reported; women and minorities disproportionately affected, CDC says TUESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans newly infected with the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and syphilis continues to rise, federal health officials reported Tuesday...New Roche Chlamydia Test Approved for Use in European Union
Test offers more reliable detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease in Europe. PLEASANTON, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche announced today that its new test for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis has received CE Mark certification,...New rapid Chlamydia test could enable 'test and treat' strategy
Wellcome Trust-funded researchers have successfully completed the clinical trial for a new rapid test for the sexually transmitted infection Chlamydia. The researchers believe the test, which is able to detect Chlamydia in less than 30 minutes and often much faster could be a valuable addition t...U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High
Million-plus cases reported, as gonorrhea, syphilis rates rise for 2nd year in a row, CDC says TUESDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans newly infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) continues to rise, federal health officials reported Tuesday, with one i...Less Than Half of Young Women Screened for Chlamydia
Sexually active females risk infertility, ectopic pregnancy from the infection, CDC warns,,,, THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- A nationwide assessment of screening data finds that while rates of testing for sexually transmitted chlamydia have risen since 2000, more than 50 perce...Recurring Chlamydia Infections Common in Teenage Girls
New Haven, Conn. — Recurring chlamydia infections are prevalent in young women ages 14-19, according to a Yale Department of Epidemiology and Public Health// (EPH) study published by Linda Niccolai, assistant professor in the division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, in the Archives of Pediat...A Combined Research for Producing Chlamydia Vaccine Begins
Researchers at San Antonio's South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) and at San Antonio Health Science Center// (UTHSC) have come together in a combined effort to discover a vaccine that will prevent Chlamydia. Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by ...Indevus Pharmaceuticals Announces PRO 2000 Found to Show Promise in Large HIV Prevention Study
...transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Laboratory studies have shown that PRO 2000 is active against HIV, herpes simplex virus, chlamydia and the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. Vaginally applied PRO 2000 has been found to afford protection in mouse models for genital herpes infection a...Indevus Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase III Trial of PRO 2000
...o assess effects on other sexually transmitted infections including herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhea. All participants receive condoms and risk-reduction counseli...o assess effects on other sexually transmitted infections including herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhea. The 0.5% dose of PRO 2000 is being tested in comparison with...Trichomoniasis: Most Common Curable STD in U.S. Affects 7.4 Million Annually
...mains low, despite the fact that trich affects an estimated 7.4 million men and women each year in the United States, compared with 3 million cases of chlamydia and 700,000 cases of gonorrhea annually. If left untreated, trich can lead to more serious health problems in both men and women, including increasi...Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis, DNA Probe
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Culture, Chlamydia trachomatis
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...MGB Alert Chlamydia pneumoniae ASR*
Description: MGB Alert Detection Reagents provide molecular labs a more advanced alternative for real-time PCR based assays. By using our MGB technology, combined with post-PCR dissociation melt curve analysis, Nanogen is now able to provide molecular labs more powerful tools for detecting nucleic acid sequence...Pathfinder Chlamydia Culture Confirmation Test
Description: The Pathfinder Chlamydia Culture Confirmation provides clear and reliable staining of intracellular inclusions (elementary bodies and reticulate bodies) in tissue culture. The monoclonal antibody used in this kit is directed against the Chlamydia lipopolysaccharide....Pathfinder Chlamydia Microplate (EIA Microplate)
Description: This EIA microplate opens new perspectives in the direct detection of Chlamydia. The choice of microplate immunoenzymatic technology and the use of a monoclonal antibody result in a combination of convenience and performance....UTSA wins San Antonio Area Foundation grant to further chlamydia research
San Antonio Ashlesh Murthy, the newest research assistant professor in the South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a $32,000 grant from the Semp Russ Foundation of the San Antonio Area Foundation to study the role...UTSA, Health Science Center collaborate with Merck & Co. to develop chlamydia vaccine
San Antonio TX -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Health Science Center) today announced an exclusive license and sponsored research agreement with Merck & Co., Inc., to develop a vaccine for chlamydia, targeting the c...Mice help researchers understand chlamydia
Genetically engineered mice may hold the key to helping scientists from Queensland University of Technology and Harvard hasten the development of a vaccine to protect adolescent girls against the most common sexually transmitted disease, Chlamydia. Dr Michael Starnbach from Harvard Medical Scho...Study by Pittsburgh researchers identifies possible vaccine target for chlamydia
Scientists at Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a potential target for the development of a vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis, the most prevalent sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the world. The researchers, led by Toni Darville, MD, chief of the Division of...American Society for Microbiology honors Walter Stamm
...tamm has worked with antimicrobial resistance for urinary tract infections, chlamydia infections, and sexually transmitted infections. He is recognized as a lea...y of urinary tract infections and has written guidelines for the therapy of chlamydia and other STIs for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Sta...Multiple species of bacteria may cause trachoma: Implications for treatment
...he Chlamydiceae family of bacteria are involved in trachoma would involve a re-evaluation of vaccines and treatment programmes. It is accepted that chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) causes trachoma. The bacteria, some strains of which are associated with sexually transmitted infections, can also pass b...Chlamydia vaccine a step closer to reality
...f more than $300,000 to continue its research into chlamydia and work towards developing a vaccine specifically...certain proteins that were able to protect against chlamydia infection. "We've been testing these proteins...g would allow QUT to evaluate the effectiveness of chlamydia prevention methods developed at the university, as...Scientists sequence genome of parasite responsible for common sexually transmitted infection
...tion and developing methods to prevent it could also help curb the transmission of other STIs often found in connection with trichomoniasis, including chlamydia and gonorrhea, according to the researchers. "Although trichomoniasis is very prevalent as a sexually transmitted infection, it has not received ...Antibiotic treats lymphoma of the eye
...ntibiotic doxycycline effectively treats a type of lymphoma associated with chlamydia infection, according to a study in the October 4 issue of the Journal of ...has suggested an association between OAL and infection with the bacteria chlamydia psittaci. Andres J. M. Ferreri, M.D., of the San Raffaele H Scientific...Common ancestry of bacterium and plants could be key to an effective new treatment for chlamydia
... Rutgers researchers have discovered that the chlamydia bacterium, which causes a sexually transmitted dis...me target for development of an effective cure for chlamydia infections. "The unique connection between the chlamydia bacterium and plants had been proposed by others,"...Enigma Diagnostics Announces an Award of GBP 1.8 Million From UK Government
...will be on sexually transmitted diseases including chlamydia and healthcare associated infections including MRS...us diseases are a significant unmet clinical need. chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection ...e that they have the infection. If left untreated, chlamydia can lead to long term health problems, such as inf...Gen-Probe Reports Strong Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007
...R) assay, an amplified nucleic acid test (NAT) for simultaneously detecting chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC). Sales of this assay grew b...evenue from the PACE(R) product line, the Company's non-amplified tests for chlamydia and gonorrhea, declined in the fourth quarter compared to the prior year pe...ActivBiotics Sells Proprietary Assets, Including Drug Product Candidates
...well as peptic ulcer disease due to Helicobacter pylori, and disease due to chlamydia infections. In addition, these NCEs have the potential to be administered a...genic Gram-positive bacteria. Rifalazil was found efficacious in a Phase II chlamydia STD clinical trial, and, separately, a protocol has been submitted to the F...Arpida Presents Preclinical and Clinical Data on Iclaprim at ICAAC
...was shown to be equal or better than that of vancomycin. E-903, E-907, E-908, E-909: Iclaprim shows good activity against important pathogens such as chlamydia trachomatis, Legionella pneumophila, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Enterobacteriaceae. These are involved in various clinical indications. A-804, A-805, ...Third Wave reports another loss, stronger sales
...rd Wave said it would continue its focus on what it called "the highest-value molecular diagnostic markets" by launching reagents for the detection of chlamydia and gonorrhea in 2007. Testing for HPV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea accounts for more than 20 percent of the molecular diagnostic testing market. As a...EppendorfPerfect gDNA Blood Mini Kit
... samples such as placenta, spleen, milk or blood (data not shown). Similar results were found with spleens of mice contaminated with chlamydia and treated with this kit (data not shown). References Baca, O.G. and Paretsky, D. 1983. Q fever and Cox...EppendorfPerfect gDNA Blood Mini Kit
... samples such as placenta, spleen, milk or blood (data not shown). Similar results were found with spleens of mice contaminated with chlamydia and treated with this kit (data not shown). References Baca, O.G. and Paretsky, D. 1983. Q fever and Cox...