**7. Prevention strategies**

Recent guidelines suggest several main points for the prevention of the women population from genitourinary *C. trachomatis* infection. Primary prevention is mainly based on the change in sexual habits, which increase the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In that issue, physicians should properly inform young women related to STDs and the importance of sexual behaviors.

Secondary prevention includes standard screening and treatment of STDs. Annual screening for chlamydial infection should be performed in all sexually active women 25 years and younger. Furthermore, women older than 25 years of age who have a new sex partner or have a history of multiple sex partners should be considered as highrisk cases, and need to be yearly screened for chlamydial infection [4, 13].

*Chlamydia – Secret Enemy from Past to Present*
