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The cells of males and females can be infected with chlamydia
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∙ 13y agoBoth men and women can be infected with and transmit chlamydia. It doesn't just originate in one gender or the other.
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How is chlamydia active in males?
Chlamydia becomes active as soon as it enters the body.
What are the infective forms of chlamydia that enter the host cell?
The elementary body is the infective form of chlamydia that enters the host cell.
Are chlamydia energy parasites?
Yes, chlamydia get their ATP from the host cell.
What does chlamydia use for energy?
Chlamydia derives energy from the ATP of the host cell.
What does chlamydia live off?
Chlamydia lives off its host cell. It's an obligate intracellular parasite.
What does chlamydia need from your body?
Chlamydia can't make its own energy, so it uses ATP from the host cell.
How many hosts does chlamydia have?
Chlamydia trachomatis has only the human host.
How is a virus different from chlamydia?
Chlamydia is a prokaryote or bacteria. Bacteria are living organisms, capable of their own metabolism and reproduction, even though they may infect host cells. Viruses are not alive. They are chemical constructs that require a host cell for metabolism and reproduction. Viruses have many of the same processes found in living cells, but they lack key metabolism and biochemistry that prevents them from functioning outside of a host cell.
Can you be the host for chlamydia?
Yes, you can be the host for chlamydia. All people are susceptible. Chlamydia is spread by sexual contact with someone who's infected. You can get it from oral, anal, or vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; or birth to an infected woman.
Does chlamydia have a final electron acceptor?
No, chlamydia doesn't have a final electron acceptor. That is why it needs to live within the host cells
What is the cell that a virus infects?
Host Cell
Sentence with host cell?
A cell can be reproduce by a host cell
