Chlamydia damages male fertility: research

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The sexually transmitted infection Chlamydia has been shown to damage male as well as female fertility. The infection often goes undiagnosed because there are few obvious symptoms but is known to cause infertility in women if untreated.

Spanish researchers found it can also damage sperm quality.

A team from a University Hospital in La Coruna examined sperm from men infected with chlamydia and another urinary tract infection who had failed to father a child.

Using a new technique, they found the level of DNA fragmentation in the sperm was more than three times higher than in healthy men. © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Posted October 16th, 2007 by Dinka