What is one of the main reasons that the Center for Disease Control (CDC), recommends annual chlamydia screening for all sexually active women under age twenty-five and for women over twenty-five with risk factors such as new or multiple sex partners?

a. Because there is no cure for chlamydia, the CDC needs to carefully monitor its transmission rates.
b. Chlamydia is considered a potentially fatal sexually transmitted infection, if left untreated.
c. Chlamydia is the most communicable of all sexually transmitted infections and can be passed through both non-sexual and sexual contact.
d. Chlamydia is the leading cause of preventable infertility and ectopic pregnancy in women.


ANS: D

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