{"id":3314,"date":"2016-08-12T14:45:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T14:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2024-02-22T17:39:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:39:11","slug":"chlamydia-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/chlamydia-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a vaccine for Chlamydia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Scientists in Canada, have been researching a vaccine against Chlamydia. The vaccine decreases the speed at which the infection replicates in the body. &nbsp;The vaccine is not likely to be tested in humans for some years. Chlamydia can cause long term damage to the reproductive system and lead to infertility if not treated.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-2-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7689\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-2-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-2-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/blood-test-2-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scientists at McMaster University in Ontario have developed a vaccine trialled in mice, and administered through the nose. &nbsp;The study found that when the mouse were later given chlamydia, the bacteria did not grow as quickly as expected, and there was less damage to their reproductive organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were over 200,000 new cases of Chlamydia in England along in 2015. &nbsp;The vaccine would help to reduce the spread of the infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to get tested, please call our booking team who can help you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists in Canada, have been researching a vaccine against Chlamydia. The vaccine decreases the speed at which the infection replicates in the body. &nbsp;The vaccine is not likely to be tested in humans for some years. Chlamydia can cause long term damage to the reproductive system and lead to infertility if not treated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1246,1658,661,608,2160,914,705,626],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7690,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions\/7690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}