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Population-based concordance of Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes between ocular and urogenital samples in Nauru.
Microbiology spectrum - 4 Nov 2025
Lowry Kym, Apadinuwe Sue-Chen, Starr Mitchell, Star Susan, Lynch Kathleen D, Solomon Anthony W, Cunningham Philip, Lambert Stephen, Whiley David, Kaldor John, Vaz Nery Susana
Abstract excerpt
Chlamydia trachomatis causes sexually transmitted urogenital infections, as well as ocular infections, the latter mostly spread between children and responsible for the blinding disease trachoma. The strains causing these two types of infection are generally distinct, but there is some evidence that urogenital strains can infect the eye and cause conjunctivitis, possibly indicating transmission on fingers of...
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- Humans
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Female
- Child
- Male
- Child, Preschool
