The bacteria that causes chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted infection, may lurk elsewhere in the body other than just the genitals. Chlamydia trachomatis, the species of bacteria responsible ...
There are a number of C. trachomatis gene products that exhibit variability and may modulate disease severity (Figure 3). The major categories of variable chlamydial gene products and their roles ...
Chlamydia is an infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It's one of the most widespread of all sexually transmitted diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...
And certain chronic viral infections can lead to liver cancer. Infections like these account for an estimated 13 percent of all cancer cases globally, according to a new report published Wednesday ...
Mucosal vaccine boosters are expected to enhance protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection. A study now reveals that the delivery device — through either intranasal sprayers or nebulizers — also ...
More information: Pargev Hovhannisyan et al, Infection of human organoids supports an intestinal niche for Chlamydia trachomatis, PLOS Pathogens (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012144 ...