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Chlamydia trachomatis persistence in vitro: an overview.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Jun 2010
Wyrick Priscilla B
Abstract excerpt
Chlamydiae growing in target mucosal human epithelial cells in vitro can transition from their normal developmental cycle progression, alternating between infectious but metabolically inactive elementary bodies to metabolically active but noninfectious reticulate bodies (RBs) and back to elementary bodies, into a state of persistence. Persistence in vitro is defined as viable but noncultivable chlamydiae...
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