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Objective@#To investigate the epidemic features of persistent genital chlamydial infection (GCI) in Tianjin area.@*METHODS@#We statistically analyzed the clinical data about the persistent GCI patients received at the Venereal Disease Clinic of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital from 2009 to 2011.@*RESULTS@#A total of 158 patients with persistent GCI were received from Tianjin area. The patients ranged in age from 19 to 67 years, 39.24% from 20 to 29 and 34.81% from 30 to 39 years, 36.71% with commercial occupation, and 55.06% with college education or above. The sex partners of the patients included their spouses (32.91%) and waitresses (41.77%). The incidence probability of persistent GCI was higher in the females (59.49%) than in the males. Many of the patients were complicated with infections of mycoplasma, syphilis, candida albicans, or condyloma acuminatum.@*CONCLUSIONS@#The epidemic trend of persistent GCI is rather grim in Tianjin area. New measures have to be developed targeting the epidemiological features of persistent GCI for better prevention and control of the disease.