People who present as asymptomatic and are infected with Chlamydia or some other sexually transmitted disease pose unique problems to the public health. This is due to the likelihood that they will transmit the disease without any knowledge of it. As a result, the disease can continue to be spread by those that do not realize that they are infected. Also, the people that are infected may not find out in time to prevent the disease from causing significant damage to the body. Public health policy initiatives thus may do well by focusing on screening and identifying new cases of the disease.