Upon infecting a host cell,the reticulate body(RB)form of the Chlamydia bacteria simply proliferates by binary fission for an extended period.Available data show only RB units in the infected cells 20 hours post infec...
supported by the CDC/NCHHSTP Epidemiological and Economic Modeling Agreement (NEEMA) (#5U38PS004650);support from the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (P2C HD042828)at the University of Washington.
Objective:To estimate the potential contributions of reported changes in frequency of penile-vaginal sex(PVS),condom use and STI screening to changes in gonorrhea and chlamydial diagnoses from 2012 to 2019.Methods:An ...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation(No.31770194);Tianjin Key Medical Discipline(specialty)Construction Project(No.TJYXZDXK-057B);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation(No.LY18C01003).
To the Editor:Chlamydia trachomatis(Ct)is an obligate intracellular bacterium that can infect the human urogenital system and cause cervicitis,salpingitis,and pelvic inflammatory diseases.Ct infections can be easily t...
In the article published in the June 2020 issue,“Epidemiology of Genital Chlamydial Infection in China in 2019,”there were three errors in figure 1.(1)In the left column,the number“23.70”should have been“28.07.”...
the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(No.cstc2020jcyjmsxmX1030);the Xinglin Scholar Research Premotion Project of Chengdu University of TCM(No.YYZX20180049);the Chongqing Science and Technology Department Project(No.cstc2018jxjll30065).
To the Editor:Chlamydia trachomatis(C.trachomatis)is obligate intracellular pathogens,often resulting in development of chronic disease and tissue damage as a consequence of the host inflammatory immune response as we...
Male genital tract inflammation/infection and its impact on male fertility are still widely neglected in the workup of male fertility disturbances.Apart from inconsistent definitions of such inflammatory conditions wh...
Objective In order to improve the understanding and clinical treatment ofChlamydia psittacipneumonia,we analyzed the clinical manifestations,laboratory test results and imaging features of 8 patients.
Psittacosis is a zoonosis caused by Chlamydia psittaci,a Gram-negative intracellular bacterium.This condition is caused by the ingestion of contaminated fecal matter and nasal secretions from infected birds.The severi...
This study is part of the project of“Construction of a bio-information platform for novel coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19)patients follow-up in Anhui”(ChiCTR2000030331);This study was approved by the institutional board of the First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China(2020-XG(H)-009);This work was supported from the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018YFA0508000)(SZ);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB29030101)(SZ);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.81822021,91842105,31770990,81821001)(SZ);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.WK2070000159)(SZ).
Dear Editor,The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)was identified as the cause of an outbreak of a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)in December 2019.1 COVID-19 often starts ...