What Is Chlamydia?

by Ursula Pang

Book Overview

Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis), better known as chlamydia, is the most common sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria in the United States. Chlamydia is sometimes called the hidden infection because the C. trachomatis bacterium invades a single cell and hides there, gaining energy from the cell. This STI is easy to treat with antibiotics, but many of the people who have it show no symptoms at all, which is one reason it is so common...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499472196
• ISBN13: 9781499472196
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12