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ReviewFuture microbiology2013

Genetic variation in Chlamydia trachomatis and their hosts: impact on disease severity and tissue tropism.

Hossam Abdelsamed, Jan Peters, Gerald I Byrne

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Review in Future microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hossam Abdelsamed *Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Jan Peters *Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Gerald I ByrneDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA.

Funding

IMMUNITY AND LATENCY TO CHLAMYDIAL INFECTIONSR01AI019782 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI BYRNE, GERALD IRWIN · 1985 to 2014
$4.7M
NIAID NIH HHS AI 019782NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI019782
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chlamydia trachomatis infections are a global health problem. This obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen comprises lymphogranuloma venereum (L1-L3), ocular (A-C) and genital (D-K) serovars. Although genetically similar, each serovar group differs in disease severity and tissue tropism through mechanisms that are not well understood. It is clear that host genetic differences also play a role in chlamydial disease outcome and key host polymorphisms are beginning to emerge from both human and experimental animal studies. In this review, we will highlight pathogen and host genes that link genetic diversity, disease severity and tissue tropism. We will also use this information to provide new insights that may be helpful in developing improved management strategies for these important pathogens.

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Genetic VariationHost-Pathogen InteractionsAnimalsChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia trachomatisDisease Models, AnimalHumans

Identifiers

PMID24020741
PMCPMC4009991

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