A high prevalence of HPV was observed among TGW. Therefore, additional epidemiological studies on HPV genotypes should generate health intervention information, which includes preventing, diagnosing, and treating STIs.
New work from the lab of Tony Maurelli, associate chair of the department of environmental and global health in UF's College of Public Health and Health Professions, has solved a quirky mystery about parasitic bacteria that cause the sexually-transmitted disease known as Chlamydia.
New research from the EPI and UF’s College of Public Health & Health Professions found that exposing the sexually-transmitted bacterial pathogen Chlamydia to fosmidomycin — an antibiotic which is usually lethal to bacteria — causes Chlamydia to enter a protective bunker-like “persistent” state. The findings could bolster future efforts to intentionally disrupt the molecular changes that induce chlamydial persistence, leading to the prevention of chronic chlamydial infections.
A research team led by a leading UF-EPI scientist has solved a long-standing mystery related to the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States.
