Publication . Almeida, Filipe Manuel Baeta da Silva; Mota, Luís Jaime
Chlamydia trachomatis belongs to a group of highly related obligate
intracellular bacteria. It is the etiological agent of important human
sexually transmitted infections and trachoma. C. trachomatis strains can
be divided in the trachoma biovar, which includes strains that cause noninvasive
infections of conjunctival and genital epithelial cells (ocular and
urogenital strains, respectively), and the lymphogranuloma venereum
(LGV) biovar, which is responsible for a more invasive disease, and
includes strains that are able to infect macrophages and disseminate
into lymph nodes (LGV strains).
