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Chlamydial Infections

Genome sequencing for Chlamydophila abortus may help curb infections

Published in AIDS Vaccine Week, May 30th, 2005

Hiding places for the killer bacterium called Chlamydophila abortus are fewer because of the genome sequence produced in a collaboration between the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the Moredun Research Institute and the Scottish Crop Research Institute.

Infection with Chlamydophila abortus is the most common cause of infectious abortion in sheep in the UK, leading to loss of lambs and economic costs of around UKP 30M each year. Chlamydial infections of humans and animals are of enormous public and animal health significance worldwide, both in terms of disease and economic impact.

The genome sequence, published in Genome...

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