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2020 has been largely successful … grow within the inclusion in a relatively secure environment. …

… , an obligate intracellular parasite known to cause tracf,oma … trachomarrs into the urethra
of primates produced follicular … for growing the McCoy cells and for the isolation of chlamydia …

… All material within this thesis was written by Stephanie Migchelsen. … Trachoma causes
blindness as a result of repeated ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). International …

… infectious cause of blindness, Chlamydia trachomatis (C. … In genital isolates from women
described as currently infected, … Recognition is growing that trachoma will not be eliminated …

… These bacteria grow only within the specialized vacuoles called … ocular trachoma and a
wide array of genital tract manifestations in both males and females [6]. Originally, CT isolates …

… It consists of four ocular serovars A, B, Ba, and C that cause endemic trachoma, with at least
… But then came growing emergence of resistance to it in urogenital and rectal isolates. Its …

… , which is achieving considerable success. Although much … , pathophysiology, clinical features
and diagnosis of trachoma as … includes broken or re-growing eyelashes or empty eyelash …

… may require surgery to reposition eyelashes that are growing … assays done to isolate the
chlamydia pathogen. Participants … different chlamydia species known to cause trachoma but …

… trachomatis LGV differently compared to trachoma biovars or … trachomatis clinical isolates
resulted in a clustering of LGV … interactions Chlamydiae employ in order to survive and grow, it …

… miology, pathophysiology, clinical features and diagno sis of … of antimicrobial resistance222
is growing in impor tance. … differentiate between genital and ocular isolates. J. Clin. …