Infection of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium with Chlamydia trachomatis.

Little is known about the susceptibility of posterior segment tissues, particularly the human retinal pigment epithelium (hRPE), to Chlamydia trachomatis. The purpose of the study was to investigate the possibility of infecting the hRPE with Chlamydia trachomatis, and to examine the infectivity of d...

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Main Authors: Ernest Boiko, Dmitrii Maltsev, Alevtina Savicheva, Kira Shalepo, Tatyana Khusnutdinova, Alexei Pozniak, Igor Kvetnoi, Viktoria Polyakova, Alexei Suetov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4633144?pdf=render