Chlamydia trachomatis ompA variants in trachoma: what do they tell us?

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Aura A Andreasen (مؤلف), Matthew J Burton (مؤلف), Martin J Holland (مؤلف), Spencer Polley (مؤلف), Nkoyo Faal (مؤلف), David C W Mabey (مؤلف), Robin L Bailey (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Trachoma, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), is the leading infectious cause of blindness. Sequence-based analysis of the multiple strains typically present in endemic communities may be informative for epidemiology, transmission, response to treatment, and understanding the host respo...