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Polymorphisms in the <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> Cytotoxin Locus Associated with Ocular and Genital Isolates
23 Nov 2004
Abstract excerpt
Chlamydia trachomatis is a strict human pathogen producing infections that cause medically important chronic inflammatory diseases, such as blinding trachoma and tubal factor infertility. Isolates exist as serotypes that fall into distinct biologic and pathological groups corresponding to differences in infection tissue tropism and invasion properties. Paradoxically, genome sequencing of several diverse strains...
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