Quantitative In Vivo Detection of Chlamydia muridarum Associated Inflammation in a Mouse Model Using Optical Imaging

• Main Authors: Manishkumar Patel (Author), Shu-An Lin (Author), Melissa A. Boddicker (Author), Christopher DeMaula (Author), Brett Connolly (Author), Bohumil Bednar (Author), Jon H. Heinrichs (Author), Jeffrey G. Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacterial sexually transmitted disease with over 1.3 million cases reported to the CDC in 2010. While Chlamydia infection is easily treated with antibiotics, up to 70% of infections are asymptomatic and go untreated. The current mouse model relies on invasive upper genital...