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Strain and virulence diversity in the mouse pathogen Chlamydia muridarum.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 2009
Ramsey Kyle H, Sigar Ira M, Schripsema Justin H, Denman Cecele J, Bowlin Anne K, Myers Garry A S, Rank Roger G
Abstract excerpt
The mouse chlamydial pathogen Chlamydia muridarum has been used as a model organism for the study of human Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital and respiratory tract infections. To date, two commonly used C. muridarum isolates have been used interchangeably and are essentially taken to be identical. Herein, we present data that indicate that this is not the case. The C. muridarum Weiss isolate and C. muridarum Nigg...
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