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

• Main Authors: Aura A Andreasen (Author), Matthew J Burton (Author), Martin J Holland (Author), Spencer Polley (Author), Nkoyo Faal (Author), David C W Mabey (Author), Robin L Bailey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...