Attempts to produce a vaccine to protect against Chlamydia trachomatis-induced trachoma
were initiated more than 100 years ago and continued for several decades. Using whole …

Most Chlamydia species carry a 7.5 kb plasmid encoding eight open reading frames
conventionally called plasmid glycoproteins 1–8 or pGP1–8. Although the plasmid is not …

Hydrosalpinx induction in mice by Chlamydia muridarum infection, a model that has been
used to study C. trachomatis pathogenesis in women, is known to depend on the cryptic …

Chlamydia trachomatis serovars are obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens mainly
causing ocular and urogenital infections that affect millions of people worldwide and which …

Background Efforts are underway to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem by 2020.
Programmatic guidelines are based on clinical signs that correlate poorly with Chlamydia …

Chlamydia trachomatis infection of ocular conjunctiva can lead to blindness, while infection
of the female genital tract can lead to chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, and/or …

Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the lower genital tract can ascend to and cause
pathologies in the upper genital tract, potentially leading to severe complications, such as …

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is frequently detected in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract
despite its leading role in sexually transmitted bacterial infections in the genital tract …

Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), an intracellular pathogen, is the most common bacterial
sexually transmitted infection. In addition to acute cervicitis and urethritis, Ct can lead to …

Chlamydia trachomatis, a leading bacterial cause of sexually transmitted infection-induced
infertility, is frequently detected in the gastrointestinal tract. Chlamydia muridarum, a model …