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Chlamydia prefers to infect a type of tissue called columnar epithelium. This tissue is found in mucous membranes, but not on the external skin.
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How long can chlamydia live on your finger?
Chlamydia can live on your finger for just a few minutes.
Can chlamydia live in water?
Chlamydia can't live in water. The bacteria can live for only a few minutes outside the body.
Can you get chlamydia from sharing a washcloth?
Chlamydia can only live outside the body for minutes. You can't get it from sharing a sponge.
How do you know if you had chlamydia?
You can get a blood test to see if you have antibodies to chlamydia, but it won't change how you live your life.
What does chlamydia live off?
Chlamydia lives off its host cell. It's an obligate intracellular parasite.
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
Does chlamydia trachomatis belong to eubacteria or archaebacteria?
Chlamydia is a eubacteria. Most bacteria are eubacteria unless the bacteria live in extreme environments.
Can Sexually transmitted infections be transfered from skin to skin contact?
Chlamydia is an STD and is mainly passed through genital contact. You can get it from oral, anal, and vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; and birth to a woman with chlamydia.Yes, you can get chlamydia from genital-genital contact, without putting the penis all the way in.
How long can chlamydia live outside your body?
Chlamydia can live for 15 minutes at 45 degrees F, and for 1 minutes at 80 degrees F. It has specific requirements to survive which include human tissue and a temperature of 98.6 degrees.
Does amphibians have wet skin?
They have skin that is easily breathable though, hence they use skin respiration as well as breathing. That i why the frog cant live away from water for more than a few minutes as its skin will get dry and unable diffuse air into its body.
What is the difference between chlamydia and HPV?
Chlamydia is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection spread by fluid contact during oral, anal, or vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; or from birth to a mother with chlamydia. It is curable with antibiotics. There is no vaccine on the market in 2014 to cure chlamydia. Genital HPV is a viral sexually transmitted infection spread by skin-to-skin genital contact as well as during oral sex. It is not curable with antibiotics, but the body clears the infection in 12 to 18 months in the majority of cases. There are vaccines on the market to reduce the risk of HPV-related disease.
Why is pig skin used to make basketballs?
because you cant bounce the ball unless it is made of pig skin because you cant bounce the ball unless it is made of pig skin
