Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday officially declared India free of trachoma — a leading infectious cause of blindness ...

In a landmark public health achievement, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for ...

The bacterium that causes chlamydia, Chlamydia trachomatis, has very special properties. Just like viruses, it invades cells ...

The molecule works by inhibiting the bacterium’s ability to produce fatty acids, the critical components for its growth and ...

Chlamydia is an STI caused by a specific strain of bacteria known as Chlamydia trachomatis. Many people who have chlamydia often don’t have outward symptoms in the early stages. Untreated ...

A team of international researchers has discovered a type of molecule that can kill chlamydia bacteria -- the world's most ...

There are a number of C. trachomatis gene products that exhibit variability and may modulate disease severity (Figure 3). The major categories of variable chlamydial gene products and their roles ...

If immune cells detect Chlamydia before it forms the inclusion, they trigger T cells to produce interferon-γ (IFN-γ), a powerful cytokine. IFN-γ activates the protein mysterin (also called RFN213), ...

The bacterium that causes chlamydia, Chlamydia trachomatis, has very special properties. Just like viruses, it invades cells in the human body, which it then reshapes so that they give the ...