How to Use chlamydia in a Sentence

chlamydia

noun
Definition of chlamydianext
  • Who wants to talk about your last STI test or that time five years ago that an ex gave you chlamydia?
    — Kasandra Brabaw, SELF, 25 Mar. 2019
  • The Charlotte metro area has rates of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia among the highest in the nation.
    — Fred Clasen-Kelly, charlotteobserver, 10 May 2017
  • Cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia are on the rise, and syphilis has come back from the brink of extinction.
    — Naperville Sun Editorial Board, Naperville Sun, 5 May 2017
  • Women under the age of 25 should be screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea at least once.
    — Julia Ries, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Either way, this woman should know that she’s been exposed to chlamydia and ought to see a doctor.
    — Mallory Ortberg, Slate Magazine, 3 Apr. 2017
  • And Long Beach now has the state’s second-highest rate of chlamydia and third-highest rates of gonorrhea and syphilis.
    — Rosanna Xia, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • The state also continues to struggle with chlamydia, ranking first for the highest rate of the STD in the country since 2001.
    — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2018
  • The report said Alaska ranked as the state with the fourth highest rate of gonorrhea cases in 2016 and with the highest rate of chlamydia.
    — Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 Oct. 2017
  • To that end, Crowe teamed up with the first family of Australian wildlife, the Irwins, and donated the proceeds from the sale of his jock strap to the study of koala chlamydia.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 7 May 2018
  • The new season and semester of high school kick things off with a bang: a chlamydia epidemic.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The Milwaukee area ranked first in gonorrhea rates, fourth in rates of chlamydia and was one of the worst places for HIV for men of color under the age of 25.
    — James Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2019
  • Doctors will screen for STIs such as gonorrhea and chlamydia even in the absence of symptoms.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, SELF, 10 May 2019
  • The Milwaukee area ranked first in the nation in gonorrhea rates; fourth in chlamydia; and is ranked as one of the worst places for HIV for men of color under the age of 25.
    — Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The goal is to decrease the risk of bacterial STIs: chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea.
    — Oni Blackstock and Whitney C. Irie, STAT, 22 July 2024
  • Milwaukee leads the nation in gonorrhea rates, ranks fourth in chlamydia and is ranked as one of the worst places for HIV for men of color under the age of 25.
    — Ahmed Elbenni, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2018
  • Cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia combined reached an all-time high in 2018.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The threat of chlamydia is also growing as the disease seeps into just about every corner of the species’ northern range.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
  • Rates of both chlamydia and gonorrhea are nearly five times higher among blacks than whites.
    — Harriet Rowan and Alex Leeds Matthews, Washington Post, 22 May 2018
  • And as if that weren’t enough, koalas are suffering a chlamydia epidemic.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 2 July 2018
  • Since 2000, cases of chlamydia and syphilis have steadily increased.
    — Molly Sullivan, sacbee, 28 Sep. 2017
  • There were record numbers of cases recorded in all of the three most common STDs: syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.
    — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Scientists are looking at a number of ways to push back against the chlamydia epidemic.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 2 July 2019
  • Then there’s the chlamydia, which blinds and sterilizes koalas and leads to severe urinary tract infections.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 2 July 2018
  • Kangaroo Island is one of few places in the country where koalas have largely been untouched by chlamydia.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2020
  • His team tested the vaccine in 35 women who were not infected with chlamydia.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Fifty-four percent of chlamydia cases and 33 percent of gonorrhea cases were among those under the age of 25.
    — Hannah Holzer, sacbee, 2 July 2018
  • Gay men over all are at higher risk for syphilis, gonorrhea, hepatitis C and chlamydia.
    — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 15 June 2016
  • More than 2 million new cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in the United States last year — the most ever.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2017
  • The species has been ravaged by climate change, deforestation and chlamydia.
    — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Some of the most common causes include chlamydia and gonorrhea.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 17 June 2024

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