Conjunctival fibrosis and the innate barriers to Chlamydia trachomatis intracellular infection: a genome wide association study

Chlamydia trachomatis causes both trachoma and sexually transmitted infections. These diseases have similar pathology and potentially similar genetic predisposing factors. We aimed to identify polymorphisms and pathways associated with pathological sequelae of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infections...

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Main Authors: Roberts, Chrissy h., Franklin, Christopher S., Makalo, Pateh, Joof, Hassan, Sarr, Isatou, Mahdi, Olaimatu S., Sillah, Ansumana, Bah, Momodou, Payne, Felicity, Jeffreys, Anna E., Bottomley, William, Natividad, Angels, Molina-Gonzalez, Sandra, Burr, Sarah E., Preston, Mark, Kwiatkowski, Dominic, Rockett, Kirk A., Clark, Taane G., Burton, Matthew J., Mabey, David C. W., Bailey, Robin, Barroso, InĂªs, Holland, Martin J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663496/