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Unlikely but possible. It is unlikely that someone would be infected this way because the bacteria are not great at living outside of a moist environment, but if underwear were shared immediately after being in contact with someone infected with chlamydia and there was infected body fluid present at the time, transmission could occur. Chlamydia dies within minutes when it's outside the body.

It is unsanitary to share personal clothing items. There are other transmission risks (pubic lice/scabies) that present a clear possibility for infection when sharing articles of clothing that are in such close contact with another person's genitals.

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