In recent years, substantial progress has been made in the understanding of the intracellular
lifestyle of Chlamydia trachomatis and how the bacteria establish themselves in the human …

The genus Chlamydia contains important obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens to
humans and animals, including C. trachomatis and C. pneumoniae. Since 1998, when the …

Most Chlamydia species carry a 7.5 kb plasmid encoding eight open reading frames
conventionally called plasmid glycoproteins 1–8 or pGP1–8. Although the plasmid is not …

Genital infections with Chlamydia trachomatis continue to be a major health problem
worldwide. While some individuals clear their infection (presumed to be the result of an …

Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis drives severe mucosal immunopathology; however,
the immune responses that are required for mediating pathology vs. protection are not well …

Chlamydia trachomatis serovars AC infect conjunctival epithelial cells and untreated
infection can lead to blindness. DK infect genital tract epithelial cells resulting in pelvic …

Ocular, genital, and anogenital infection by the obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia
trachomatis have been consistently associated with scar-forming sequelae. In cases of …

The increasing number of new cases of Chlamydia infection worldwide may be attributed to
the pathogen's ability to evade various host immune responses. Summarized here are …

Chlamydia is an obligate intracellular bacterium that undergoes a complex biphasic
developmental cycle, alternating between the smaller, infectious, non-dividing elementary …

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infection,
responsible for millions of infections each year. Despite this high prevalence, the elucidation …