According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are reported worldwide each year. Many infections go undiagnosed ...
For the first time, genome sequencing has been carried out on Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis), a bacteria responsible for the disease Trachoma - the world's leading infectious cause of ...
Scientists found that recombination occurs throughout genome and between organisms from different biovars. The ability of different Chlamydia trachomatis strains to exchange genetic information by ...
Chlamydia trachomatis is the world’s most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted pathogen, responsible for urethritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility, as ...
After more than 50 years of searching, scientists have discovered a key gene that enables certain bacteria to cause blindness and debilitating genital tract infections. Using the recently completed ...
There are a number of C. trachomatis gene products that exhibit variability and may modulate disease severity (Figure 3). The major categories of variable chlamydial gene products and their roles in ...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are reported worldwide each year. Many infections go undiagnosed ...
Chlamydia trachomatis is a leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections and ocular disease worldwide. This obligate intracellular bacterium follows a unique biphasic developmental cycle ...