AUTHOR=Turman Breanna J. , Darville Toni , O'Connell Catherine M. 

TITLE=Plasmid-mediated virulence in Chlamydia

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1251135

DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2023.1251135

ISSN=2235-2988

ABSTRACT=Chlamydia trachomatis infection of ocular conjunctiva can lead to blindness, while infection This is a provisional file, not the final typeset article understanding of plasmid-associated virulence has expanded within the last decade, many questions related to how and to what extent the plasmid influences chlamydial infectivity and inflammation remain, particularly with respect to human infections. Elucidating the answers to these questions could improve our understanding of how chlamydiae augment infection and inflammation to cause disease.