Antibody signature of spontaneous clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis ocular infection and partial resistance against re-challenge in a nonhuman primate trachoma model.

• Main Authors: Laszlo Kari (Author), Lauren E Bakios (Author), Morgan M Goheen (Author), Leah N Bess (Author), Heather S Watkins (Author), Timothy R Southern (Author), Lihua Song (Author), William M Whitmire (Author), Norma Olivares-Zavaleta (Author), Harlan D Caldwell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chlamydia trachomatis is the etiological agent of trachoma the world's leading cause of infectious blindness. Here, we investigate whether protracted clearance of a primary infection in nonhuman primates is attributable to antigenic variation or related to the maturation of the anti-chlamydial...