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"Although ACOG, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the US Preventive Services Task Force recommend annual screening for chlamydia of all sexually active women age 25 and younger, as well as other asymptomatic women at high risk for infection, studies show it isn't happening," said Stanley Zinberg, MD. About 75% of chlamydial infections in women don't produce symptoms or if they do, they are often vague, causing women to delay seeking medical care and treatment. If not treated, up to 40% of women infected with chlamydia may develop pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which can lead to ectopic pregnancy and infertility. One in five women with PID becomes infertile.