Chlamydia trachomatis: Identification of susceptibility markers for ocular and sexually transmitted infection by immunogenetics

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-153

  Morré, Servaas A ^a,b   Karimi, Ouafae ^a   Ouburg, Sander ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis infections; Cytokines; Immunogenetics; Pathogen recognition receptors; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRACHOMA;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGENETICS;

EID: 60049096115     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00536.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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