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Active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in two Gambian regions: on course for elimination by 2020? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: Trachoma has been endemic in The Gambia for decades. National trachoma control activities have been in place since the mid-1980's, but with no mass antibiotic treatment campaign.
Chrissy H Roberts   +32 more
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Advances in genetic manipulation of Chlamydia trachomatis

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2023
Chlamydia trachomatis, one species of Chlamydia spp., has the greatest impact on human health and is the main cause of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases and preventable blindness among all Chamydia spp. species.
Weiqiang Wan, Danni Li, Dan Li, Jun Jiao
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors for active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in treatment-naïve trachoma-hyperendemic communities of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea Bissau. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: Trachoma, caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is hyperendemic on the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea Bissau. An understanding of the risk factors associated with active trachoma and infection on these remote and isolated ...
Harding-Esch, Emma M   +35 more
core   +1 more source

Multi-locus sequence analysis reveals a novel sequence type of Chlamydia trachomatis in Saratov Region, Russia

open access: yesNew Microbes and New Infections, 2019
Chlamydia trachomatis is the causative agent of a variety of chlamydial infections in humans with a predominantly (up to 80%) asymptomatic course of disease. In this study, a potentially novel C.
V.A. Feodorova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection and Ectopic Pregnancy

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2020
Objective: To determine the relationship of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in patient with ruptured ectopic pregnancy through examination of endocervical swabs, tubal tissue using Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Enzyme linked immunoabsorb and assay (
Septian Sima   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conjunctival FOXP3 expression in trachoma: do regulatory T cells have a role in human ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
BACKGROUND: Trachoma, caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, remains the leading infectious cause of blindness and in 2002 was responsible for 3.6% of total global blindness.
Faal Nkoyo   +23 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and its effect on semen of infertile men referred to infertility clinics in Tabriz [PDF]

open access: yesMajallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2020
Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis in men can be a cause of infertility which sometimes is not considered in the infertility criteria; on the other hand, this infection has adverse effects on the morphology of semen.
Faranak Jalilvand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mcl-1 is a key regulator of apoptosis resistance in Chlamydia trachomatis-infected cells

open access: yes, 2008
Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacteria that cause variety of human diseases. Host cells infected with Chlamydia are protected against many different apoptotic stimuli.
Manu Sharma   +27 more
core   +1 more source

Estimating household and community transmission of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
INTRODUCTION: Community-wide administration of antibiotics is one arm of a four-pronged strategy in the global initiative to eliminate blindness due to trachoma. The potential impact of more efficient, targeted treatment of infected households depends on
Anthony W Solomon   +43 more
core   +1 more source

Comparison of the efficacy of azithromycin and doxycycline for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the rectum and urinary tract

open access: yesPifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi
[Objective] The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of azithromycin and doxycycline in the treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the rectum and urinary tract. [Methods] From November 2019 to April 2023, male volunteers who had sex
ZHANG Xiaohui   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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