Chlamydiaand Its Many Ways of Escaping the Host Immune System

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The increasing number of new cases ofChlamydiainfection worldwide may be attributed to the pathogen’s ability to evade various host immune responses. Summarized here are means of evasion utilized byChlamydiaenabling survival in a hostile host environment. The pathogen's persistence involves a myriad of molecular interactions manifested in a variety of ways,e.g., formation of membranous intracytoplasmic inclusions...

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