Chlamydia and gonorrhea

Some groups of people may be at higher than average risk of getting chlamydia or gonorrhea. Healthcare professionals may suggest getting tested for these STIs every year or even more often for:

• Sexually active people assigned female at birth who are younger than 25.
• Transgender people with a cervix who are younger than 25.
• People assigned female at birth who are older than 25 and who have a higher risk of infection. Having a new sex partner or having more than one partner raises the risk.
• Transgender people with a cervix who are older than 25 and who have a higher risk of infection.
• People assigned male at birth who have sex with others assigned male at birth.
• People with HIV.
• People who have been forced to have sex against their will.

You may be screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea with a urine test or a swab of the throat or anus. The sample then goes to a lab for study. Swab tests are particularly important for transgender women and for people assigned male at birth who have sex with other people assigned male at birth because urine testing may miss an infection.