It is also increases risk for HIV infection. In the developing world it is the leading cause of preventable blindness, acting as the agent for ocular trachoma. Studying Chlamydia has been difficult because it only grows inside a host cell with many of its physiological, biological, structural and genetic characteristics little understood. Completion of the genome sequencing opens the door to a full understanding of the organism and how related diseases might be treated. Text and abstract of article cited above.
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