Chlamydia is a common and serious infection caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium and occurs worldwide. Chlamydia is transmitted during vaginal, oral or anal sexual contact with an infected partner. A pregnant woman may pass the infection to her newborn during delivery, causing serious eye infection or pneumonia. Though most often symptomless, chlamydia may produce symptoms, such as abnormal genital discharge or pain during urination, usually 6 to 19 days following sex with an infected person. Chlamydia can be treated and cured with oral antibiotics.
Condoms reduce the risk of transmission.
HSV produces lesions in and around the genital area, and can affect the buttocks, anus or thighs. A pregnant woman may pass the infection to her newborn during delivery, causing skin lesions, pneumonia or neurological damage. Some infected individuals may be symptomless, while others can have recurrent episodes more than once a month. Initial symptoms usually occur within 2 weeks after the virus is transmitted. Emerging as painful blisters, the lesions generally scab and heal in 2 to 12 days.