Viability PCR shows that non-ocular surfaces could contribute to transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in trachoma.

• Váldodahkkit: Bart Versteeg (Dahkki), Hristina Vasileva (Dahkki), Joanna Houghton (Dahkki), Anna Last (Dahkki), Oumer Shafi Abdurahman (Dahkki), Virginia Sarah (Dahkki), David Macleod (Dahkki), Anthony W Solomon (Dahkki), Martin J Holland (Dahkki), Nicholas Thomson (Dahkki), Matthew J Burton (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The presence of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) DNA at non-ocular sites suggests that these sites may represent plausible routes of Ct transmission in trachoma. However, qPCR cannot discriminate between DNA from viable and non-viable bacteria. Here we use a propodium monoaz...