Chlamydia trachomatis, a Hidden Epidemic: Effects on Female Reproduction and Options for Treatment

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 576-586

  Carey, Alison J ^a   Beagley, Kenneth W ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Female reproduction; Pathogenesis; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CHLAMYDIA VACCINE; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; DNA VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION RISK; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; VACCINATION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERTILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 77953952011     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00819.x     Document Type: Review

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