Can Chlamydia Be Stopped?

• Autores: David M. Ojcius, Toni Darville, Patrik Bavoil
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 292, Nº. 5, 2005, págs. 72-79
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Reports on the efforts to control the spread of a sexually transmitted disease called chlamydia. This illness--caused by a strain of Chlamydia trachomatis can lead to trachoma, a potentially blinding disease. One major impediment to the production of a vaccine is chlamydia's surreptitious way of wreaking havoc on the body. Much research on infections caused by chlamydia and other pathogens is focusing on factors that either initiate secretion of the inflammatory cytokines or dampen the inflammatory response once the infection has been cleared. INSETS: CHLAMYDIA IS NOT JUST AN STD;Cardiovascular Connections;CHLAMYDIA, INTERRUPTED.