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Review
. 1994 Mar;2(3):94-8.
doi: 10.1016/0966-842x(94)90542-8.

Repeated and persistent infection with Chlamydia and the development of chronic inflammation and disease

W L Beatty  1 , G I Byrne, R P Morrison
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Review

Repeated and persistent infection with Chlamydia and the development of chronic inflammation and disease

W L Beatty et al. Trends Microbiol. 1994 Mar.

Abstract

Chlamydia trachomatis is an important human pathogen that mediates disease processes capable of inflicting permanent damage. Aggressive inflammatory responses to repeated infections, and to a persistent form of this intracellular bacterium, are thought to initiate the pathogenic events that lead to the debilitating sequelae of blinding trachoma and infertility.

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  • 'Persistent' forms and persistence of Chlamydia.
    Pearce J, Gaston H, Deane K, Devitt A, Harper A, Jecock R. Pearce J, et al. Trends Microbiol. 1994 Jul;2(7):257-9. doi: 10.1016/0966-842x(94)90632-7. Trends Microbiol. 1994. PMID: 7993446 No abstract available.

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