[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 …

Clinical persistence of Chlamydia trachomatis sexually transmitted strains involves novel mutations in the functional αββα tetramer of the tryptophan synthase operon

N Somboonna, N Ziklo, TE Ferrin, J Hyuk Suh, D Dean - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clinical persistence of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a
major public health concern. In vitro persistence is known to develop through interferon …

Genomics of Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis After 5 Years of SAFE Interventions for Trachoma in Amhara, Ethiopia

H Pickering, A Chernet, E Sata… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background To eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, the World Health
Organization recommends the SAFE (surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and …

[HTML][HTML] A systems serology approach to the investigation of infection-induced antibody responses and protection in trachoma

A Barton, I Rosenkrands, H Pickering, N Faal… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Ocular infections with Chlamydia trachomatis serovars A–C cause the
neglected tropical disease trachoma. As infection does not confer complete immunity …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and circulant genotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis in university women from cities in the Brazilian Amazon

LM Dos Santos, MRMS Vieira, RC Vieira, LBL Silva… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Approximately 80% of infected women infected by Chlamydia trachomatis are
asymptomatic, although this infection can lead to serious complications in the female …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of a single round of mass drug administration with azithromycin on active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence and circulating …

EM Harding-Esch, MJ Holland, JF Schémann… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin is a cornerstone of the
trachoma elimination strategy. Although the global prevalence of active trachoma has …

[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] Genetic Transformation of a C. trachomatis Ocular Isolate With the Functional Tryptophan Synthase Operon Confers an Indole-Rescuable Phenotype

CE O'Neill, RJ Skilton, SA Pearson, S Filardo… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Chlamydia trachomatis is the leading cause of preventable blindness and the most common
bacterial sexually transmitted infection. Different strains are associated with ocular or …

Whole-genome enrichment and sequencing of Chlamydia trachomatis directly from patient clinical vaginal and rectal swabs

KE Bowden, SJ Joseph, JC Cartee, N Ziklo, D Danavall… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chlamydia trachomatis, an obligately intracellular bacterium, is the most prevalent cause of
bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) worldwide. Numbers of US infections of the …

High prevalence and circulant genotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis in vulnerable university women from four cities in the Brazilian Amazon

LM dos Santos, RC Vieira, LB da Luz Silva… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Background Approximately 80% of infected women infected by Chlamydia trachomatis are
asymptomatic, although this infection can lead to serious complications in the female …