[HTML][HTML] Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages

P Andersson, SR Harris, HMBS Smith… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Chlamydia trachomatis causes sexually transmitted infections and the blinding disease
trachoma. Current data on C. trachomatis phylogeny show that there is only a single …

[HTML][HTML] Whole-genome sequencing of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis isolates from Gadarif State, Sudan

AAI Alkhidir, MJ Holland, WI Elhag, CA Williams… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Trachoma, caused by ocular Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious
cause of blindness worldwide. Sudan first reported trachoma in the 1930s and has since …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic insights into local-scale evolution of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis strains within and between individuals in Gambian trachoma-endemic villages

E Ghasemian, N Faal, H Pickering… - Microbial …, 2024 - microbiologyresearch.org
Trachoma, a neglected tropical disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) serovars A–
C, is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Africa bears the highest burden …

Whole-genome analysis of diverse Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies phylogenetic relationships masked by current clinical typing

SR Harris, IN Clarke, HMB Seth-Smith, AW Solomon… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Chlamydia trachomatis is responsible for both trachoma and sexually transmitted infections,
causing substantial morbidity and economic cost globally. Despite this, our knowledge of its …

Characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis omp1 Genotypes Detected in Eye Swab Samples from Remote Australian Communities

MP Stevens, SN Tabrizi, R Muller… - Journal of Clinical …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chlamydia trachomatis conjunctival samples collected over a 6-month period from
individuals with clinical signs of trachoma and located in remote communities in the …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting phenotype and emerging strains among Chlamydia trachomatis infections

D Dean, WJ Bruno, R Wan, JP Gomes… - Emerging infectious …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chlamydia trachomatis is a global cause of blinding trachoma and sexually transmitted
infections (STIs). We used comparative genomics of the family Chlamydiaceae to select …

[HTML][HTML] Population-based analysis of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis in trachoma-endemic West African communities identifies genomic markers of disease severity

AR Last, H Pickering, C Roberts, F Coll, J Phelan… - Genome medicine, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) is the most common infectious cause of
blindness and bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Ct strain-specific …

Pathogenic Diversity among Chlamydia trachomatis Ocular Strains in Nonhuman Primates Is Affected by Subtle Genomic Variations

L Kari, WM Whitmire, JH Carlson… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Chlamydia trachomatis is the etiological agent of trachoma, the leading cause of
preventable blindness. Trachoma presents distinct clinical syndromes ranging from mild and …

Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in a cross-sectional study of urogenital samples from remote Northern and Central Australia

PM Giffard, NC Brenner, SN Tabrizi, SM Garland… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The objective was to determine the frequency of trachoma genotypes of
Chlamydia trachomatis-positive urogenital tract (UGT) specimens from remote areas of the …

Chlamydia trachomatis: genome sequence analysis of lymphogranuloma venereum isolates

NR Thomson, MTG Holden, C Carder… - Genome …, 2008 - genome.cshlp.org
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common cause of sexually transmitted infections in the
UK, a statistic that is also reflected globally. There are three biovariants of C. trachomatis …