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Genomic factors related to tissue tropism in Chlamydia pneumoniae infection.
BMC genomics - 7 Apr 2015
Weinmaier Thomas, Hoser Jonathan, Eck Sebastian, Kaufhold Inga, Shima Kensuke, Strom Tim M, Rattei Thomas, Rupp Jan
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BACKGROUND: Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) are obligate intracellular bacteria that cause acute infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract and have been implicated in chronic inflammatory diseases. Although of significant clinical relevance, complete genome sequences of only four clinical Cpn strains have been obtained. All of them were isolated from the respiratory tract and shared more than 99% sequence...
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