Innate immunity in ocular <it>Chlamydia trachomatis </it>infection: contribution of IL8 and CSF2 gene variants to risk of trachomatous scarring in Gambians

• Hauptverfasser: Joof Hassan (VerfasserIn), Rockett Kirk (VerfasserIn), Holland Martin (VerfasserIn), Luoni Gaia (VerfasserIn), Hull Jeremy (VerfasserIn), Natividad Angels (VerfasserIn), Burton Matthew (VerfasserIn), Mabey David (VerfasserIn), Kwiatkowski Dominic (VerfasserIn), Bailey Robin (VerfasserIn)
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• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Trachoma, a chronic keratoconjunctivitis caused by <it>Chlamydia trachomatis</it>, is the world's commonest infectious cause of blindness. Blindness is due to progressive scarring of the conjunctiva (trachomatous sca...