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Chlamydia trachomatis infection seroprevalence among women with normal and abnormal cervical smears and its implication for Nigerian cervical cancer screening [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Objectives The oncogenic human papilloma virus (HPV) causes transient infections of the cervix, hence other co-factors can potentiate the formation of cervical epithelial cell abnormalities.
Tochukwu Dickson Ifezuoke, Monique Iheoma Ajah, Leonard Ogbonna Ajah, Hyginus Uzo Ezegwui, Amaechi Okwudili, Victor Chinazo Duru, Amara Ann Ifezuoke, Ifeanyi John Achara   +7 more
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Intramuscular Immunisation with Chlamydial Proteins Induces Chlamydia trachomatis Specific Ocular Antibodies. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis can cause trachoma, which is the leading cause of blindness due to infection worldwide. Despite the large-scale implementation of trachoma control programmes in the majority of countries where ...
Badamchi-Zadeh, A, Brzozowski, A, Follmann, F, Holland, MJ, Lacey, C, McKay, PF, Paes, W, Shattock, RJ, Tregoning, JS   +8 more
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Analysis of status and related factors of genital tract Chlamydia trachomatis infection among 250 female sex workers in rural areas

Pifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi, 2022
Objective To analyze the infection rate of genital tract Chlamydia trachomatis infection in female sex workers in rural areas, and explore related risk factors.
Zhidong QI, Peizhen ZHAO, Shiying HE, Daocheng ZHENG   +3 more
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Distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis ompA genotypes and its association with abnormal cervical cytology among women of reproductive age in Shenzhen, China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundMany studies have focused on the distribution and specific clinical symptoms caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. Still, relatively few studies have focused on the associations between Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes and cervical intraepithelial ...
Lan-lan Liu, Si Sun, Li Zhang, Qiu-hong Wu, Li-shan Tian, Bo Li, Xiang-sheng Chen, Zhen-zhou Luo   +7 more
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Control of Trachoma from Achham District, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Nepal National Trachoma Program. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
The WHO seeks to control trachoma as a public health problem in endemic areas. Achham District in western Nepal was found to have TF (trachoma follicular) above 20% in a 2006 government survey, triggering 3 annual mass drug administrations finishing in ...
Bidya Prasad Pant, Ramesh C Bhatta, J S P Chaudhary, Suresh Awasthi, Sailesh Mishra, Shekhar Sharma, Puja A Cuddapah, Sarah E Gwyn, Nicole E Stoller, Diana L Martin, Jeremy D Keenan, Thomas M Lietman, Bruce D Gaynor   +12 more
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Infection of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium with Chlamydia trachomatis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Little is known about the susceptibility of posterior segment tissues, particularly the human retinal pigment epithelium (hRPE), to Chlamydia trachomatis.
Ernest Boiko, Dmitrii Maltsev, Alevtina Savicheva, Kira Shalepo, Tatyana Khusnutdinova, Alexei Pozniak, Igor Kvetnoi, Viktoria Polyakova, Alexei Suetov   +8 more
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Protection of outbred mice against a vaginal challenge by a Chlamydia trachomatis serovar E recombinant major outer membrane protein vaccine is dependent on phosphate substitution in the adjuvant. [PDF]

, 2020
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually-transmitted pathogen for which there is no vaccine. We previously demonstrated that the degree of phosphate substitution in an aluminum hydroxide adjuvant in a TLR-4-based C. trachomatis serovar
Ausar, Salvador Fernando, Cheng, Chunmei, de la Maza, Luis M, Gallichan, Scott, Pal, Sukumar, Sanchez, Violette, Tifrea, Delia F, Visan, Lucian   +7 more
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The role of serological testing for Chlamydia trachomatis in differential diagnosis of pelvic pain

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2016
Introduction Pelvic pain is typically associated with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). The most common cause of PID is Chlamydia trachomatis . The aim of this study was to verify the role of serological testing for Chlamydia trachomatis in patients ...
Beata Łój, Agnieszka Brodowska, Sylwester Ciećwież, Iwona Szydłowska, Jacek Brodowski, Marek Łokaj, Andrzej Starczewski   +6 more
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Chlamydial infection from outside to inside [PDF]

, 2019
Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacteria, characterized by a unique biphasic developmental cycle. Specific interactions with the host cell are crucial for the bacteria's survival and amplification because of the reduced chlamydial genome.
Gitsels, Arlieke, Sanders, Niek, Vanrompay, Daisy   +2 more
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Polymerase chain reaction chlamydia trachomatis examination in nonspecific genital infection patients

Dermatology Reports, 2019
Introduction: Nonspecific genital infection (NSGI) is an inflammation of urethra, rectum, or cervix that caused by nonspecific bacteria. Chlamydia trachomatis is known as the most causal organism of NSGI, usually mild (mucopurulent discharge) or ...
Dian Pertiwi Habibie, Dwi Murtiastutik, R. Rahmadewi   +2 more
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