Browsing by Subject "chlamydia"
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Chlamydia trachomatis: The key to human pathogen and host interaction
(Oklahoma State University, 2019-04-26)Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular pathogen that is commonly sexually transmitted. While Chlamydia infections are easily treated with antibiotics, there are long-term health consequences such as pelvic ... -
Comparison of murine cervicovaginal infection by chlamydial strains: Identification of extrusions shed in vivo
(Frontiers Media, 2017-02-03)Chlamydia trachomatis is the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and preventable blindness. Untreated, asymptomatic infection as well as frequent re-infection are common and may drive pelvic ... -
Extrusion as a Mechanism of Host Immune Response Evasion in a Chlamydia trachomatis Murine Infection Model
(2019-07)Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular organism that is the leading cause of preventable blindness and sexually transmitted bacterial infections. C. trachomatis exhibits a biphasic developmental cycle involving ... -
Host kinases in chlamydia trachomatis development and interactions of inclusion membrane protein CT226
(2020-12)Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular pathogen that causes sexually transmitted infections and blinding trachoma. Inside the host cell, C. trachomatis replicates within a vacuole called the inclusion. Many of ...